"A Prayer For Deliverance"
Psalm 70
When others disappoint and threaten us, we feel empty as though a vital part of ourselves has been stolen. When others break the trust we have placed in them, they also break our spirits. At those empty, broken moments, we must join the psalmist in begging God to rush to our aid. He alone can fill our lives with his joy. With the psalmist we should cry out, "O Lord, do not delay!"
This short psalm was David's plea for God to come quickly with his help. Yet even in his moment of panic, he did not forget praise. Praise is important because it helps us remember who God is. Often our prayers are filled with requests for ourselves and others, and we forget to thank God for what he has done and worship him for who he is. Don't take God for granted and treat him as a vending machine. Even when David was afraid, he praised God.
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Lord we need You to move, right away
We don't know what we will do
If you don't move
On our behalf
We've been waiting, for a long time
We're not tired yet, Lord we need You
Do it for me, right away"
(from the song "Do It For Me" - DeAndre Patterson)
To read some of the past vitamins and commentary, please visit my blog on Yahoo 360, entitled "The Synopsis" at
http://360.yahoo.com/burneya6 or at
http://thealbanreport.blogspot.com/. Also, if you are in the Fayetteville area, be sure to watch my interview with Dr. Loleta Foster on "Inside the CCBC" on the Time Warner Community Channel, channel 7, Nov. 7 at 8:00 pm.
Posted By: Alban Burney
Friday, November 2nd 2007 at 8:35AM
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