Psalm 6

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A Bible Devotion from Psalm 6
The Lord has Heard the Voice of my Weeping

Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer. Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled; let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly.
Psalm 6:8-10, NKJV

When I read this Psalm, it makes me think of the song, You've had a bad day. We all have bad days; having a bad day is not a sign of spiritual weakness. As my husband often says, "Linda, we are not stones." Sometimes we mistake the Christian life in thinking that a Christian is happy, happy, happy all the time, and to not be so is to sin against God. If that were really true, there would be no need for Psalm 6, and many other Bible passages like it.

God knew we would have bad days. Sometimes it's because of something we did or didn't do, but many times, it is totally out of our control. Now that we've settled that (smile), let's talk about what we SHOULD do when we have a bad day. In Psalm 6, what did David do?

Verses 1 though 7 give us the answer. David went to the Lord, he pled with the Lord to help him, he admitted his weakness before God, and then he rejoiced in God's answer to prayer.

What? He didn't yell at everyone around him; he didn't pout; he didn't try to make everyone around him miserable? Oh that we would be more like David, whom God called, "A man after my own heart."

We know God is with us at all times and we know we can call out to him for help, and yet, how seldom do we do just that. This doesn't mean that while we are at work, and our whole world is crumbling around us, we run to the bathroom and pray for an hour. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says, Pray without ceasing.

This reminds me of a story. Pink White Tulips When my two oldest sons were little, one of my sons lost his glasses while playing in the yard. Both boys are extremely near sighted, and could not see beyond a few inches in front of their face without glasses. The three of us looked everywhere, but just couldn't find them. The younger son said, "Mom, why don't we pray. God will help us find my glasses." We stopped right there and prayed to God for help, then the three of us linked hands and began looking again. You know what happened, don't you? You're right, we found the glasses within about 5 minutes.

God is a God of the little things as well as the big things. Pray to God that he will help you today to pray without ceasing, meaning you will cry out to God immediately when troubles come, and then rejoice when the answer comes, or you are given peace when no answer comes.