Psalm 119:147-149 - November 24, 2009

Psalm 119:147-149 "I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word. 148 My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises." NIV

In our last devotional we ended with the compelling call to cry out to God for insight and revelation. Verses 147-148 of Psalm 119 demonstrate the walk of a man who has learned to cry out for this wisdom and insight! The Psalmist’s motivation to seek after God is the central point of verse 147. Verses 147-148 give us a picture of a man gripped with a passion but we must ask ourselves “what could be worthy of such pursuit?” His declaration “I have put my hope in your word…” clarifies the power behind the passionate pursuit that is described within these verses. Truly the Psalmist understands the riches that are waiting to be entrusted to the man or woman who will press into God’s presence for insight, wisdom and revelation. The Psalmist has made understanding of the Word of God the central point of his life and values system. Because of this he is living in hot pursuit of the work of heaven in his heart.

“I rise before dawn and cry for help…” these words compel us to ask the question, “what are you doing before dawn???” zzzzzzzzz. Has a hunger for God so gripped you that you are compelled to rise up early and cry out for help? Oh that our lives would be gripped by such a burning desire and passion for God. Do we hunger for God more than we hunger for sleep? Is it routine or passion that is driving us to pray? “My eyes stay open through the watches of the night that I may meditate on your promises.” Lord let this be the desire of our hearts! The Psalmist’s longing is for insight into the promises of God and so he lives reaching into the presence of God in the night seasons and in the early morning hours seeking for the Spirit of God to open the word to him. God give us this holy desire. God move our hearts to this love for the word. Like the Psalmist, cry out for help from heaven. Cry out for a hunger to be birthed in you, for an unquenchable desire for the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation to make you wise and reveal the mysteries of God to your inner man. Don’t be silent any longer. Cry out today for the help of God’s Spirit so that you may know Christ more deeply.