Psalm 5:1-3 - January 29, 2009

Ps 5:1-3 “Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my sighing. 2 Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. 3 In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.” NIV

When our hearts are aching, when the cares of life are weighing us down God is listening. He is waiting for the uplifted voice. His ear is attentive to the groaning of the weary heart. Just as the night is an opportunity for listening the morning is a time for crying out. The psalmist identifies in this passage his routine, his personal discipline. More important than the time of day, is the consistency of his habits in God. Do you have an appointment with the Lord?
The cry of the psalmist is rising morning by morning, morning by morning, sighing, crying for help lifting up his voice in expectation! Faith is reflected in these two things: consistency and expectation. The spiritual habits that you discipline yourself to live consistently are a reflection of your faith and dependency. Living with expectation is the path to response from God.

Heb 11:6 states, “anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him”. Diligent seeking is the result of a conviction that there is a reward awaiting those who choose this path.
It is time to expect great things from God. Seek him with a whole heart and expect that the reward of God will be great. The first reward is God himself. The second is a pattern of receiving the fulfillment of his many great and precious promises will be established in your life, and experience breeds more experience. Once you have tasted of a consistent response to your consistent pursuit a spiritual hunger is awakened that there is no turning back from.