I was to be all alone today with only one thing on my schedule, lunch with a good friend. Bob was going fishing to a lake that is far enough away he’d spend the entire day getting there, fishing and getting back. The trip was canceled. Following my surgeries, we’ve been home together a lot. I love him but he’s a bit of a hoverer when he thinks I’m sick or down physically. It would have been nice to have had an entire day to myself.
I’ve been unable to do my 2-mile worship walk in the morning after breakfast. I’m gradually increasing my step count but mainly by walking around the inside of the house. It’s just not quite the same as a long walk with my worship music, singing and praising God in the early morning. My soul has suffered. I know that because of the difficulty I’ve had this week prepping for Sunday’s message.
I think David was a morning person. I love the way he opens Psalm 5, “In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.” [NIV]
The psalms are full of reminders that when we lay our requests before God, He hears and answers. While we may not perceive His immediate response, we can be assured that He has heard us and that He will respond. So, we do what David did, we “wait in expectation.”
God will never ignore His children. His response can take many avenues. He might say yes or no. He might change the direction of our thinking. He might ask us to wait or tell us to start moving. The one thing we can be absolutely sure of is that He hears the voices of His children and He will act in our behalf. Amen and Amen.
