Praise God, Always!

Hear my cry O God.  How many of us have said these exact words? Our cries to God are very real and we cry to God because we recognize our creaturehood. We seek to a source higher than ourselves, a supreme source, an eternal source. We comprehend our need of God. We know of His infinite state even as we look upon our temporary state.  Our God has reached out to us offering us an infinite state through Him. Truly we are born into a state of temporary flesh and not to an eventual, inevitable non-existence. We are born with possibility. We are born with hope. This possibility, this hope is found only in our God.

We ask God to hear our cries, just as a child cries out to a parent seeking the wisdom of one who is wiser, older, and loving towards us. If you are shaking your head and saying you never had a parent you could count on, it's a sad truth that a lot of people don't have that example, however they KNOW the parent figure they long for can and does exist for some, if not them.

We ask God to hear our cries, to listen to our prayers. We desire God's attention to be towards us. Hear us, listen to us, we need You God.

Psa 61:1  To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. 

No matter where we are, we will cry to God.

When our hearts are overwhelmed- and they will be overwhelmed we cry to God. Satan's constant work is to overwhelm our hearts. But when our hearts are overwhelmed we cry to  God and ask Him to LEAD us to the ROCK that is higher than we are.

Psa 61:2  From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 

The vision of a rock of safety, a surety, a solid foundation, a safe place this is where we long to be led to.  Christ is our Rock.

1Co_10:4  And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

Upon the Rock that IS Christ all of us seek to find shelter. Christ built the foundation of His followers upon Himself- the only sure foundation. We desire to be led to the rock that is higher than ourselves, the rock of safety only found in Christ.

God is a shelter for us, a strong tower from our enemies- and this does not always mean we are living in comfort and free of a tortured existence. It means God is our spiritual safety, our eternal existence is kept in God and no enemy can ever take that from us, none.

Psa 61:3  For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. 

David cried out to God that he would live in God's tabernacle forever, and trust in the cover of God's wings. We too desire this! To live with God forever, to trust in God's protection of ourselves.

Psa 61:4  I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. 

Psa 61:5  For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. 

God will hear our vows. The vows of our lives is our promise to live for God and follow His ways. Our vows to God are vows of submission to God's will knowing it is now and forever a will of love. There is a reason we have so many tales of good vs. evil with good winning in the end, it's because this is how it will be. No, I'm not stupid enough to say all our tales have happy endings, as Satan's grip tightened around the hearts of the many more and more happy endings are elusive in our stories. Yet there are classics whose endings our hearts rise to cheer when the evil is defeated. Reality will be such a tale, and we need to vow to be standing with God, fighting for God, living for God.

Psa 61:6  Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations. 

Psa 61:7  He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him. 

Our lives are in God's hands- whether we will live to an old age, or die young. Most of us dread the thought of dying young and take great pains to do all we can to live to an old age, a healthy old age.  We need to abide before God forever, never wanting a life where we are not living before God, in His presence! We need God to grant us mercy and all truth - the very things that will save us. We look to our source of life now and life everlasting.

Psa 61:8  So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. 

Let us SING PRAISE to God's name always! Don't let a day go by where we aren't singing praise to God. Sure, you may not be able to carry a tune, or perhaps you are mute, or temporarily have no voice, but our hearts can sing praise! Our thoughts can sing praise and God knows our thoughts.

1Ch_28:9  … for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts

This is our prayer always!

Psa 139:23  Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 

Psa 139:24  And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. 

Let us sing praise to God always, daily as we seek to live our lives for Him, as being His. Let our praises ring high whether they are silent praise, or the loudest praise. If our silent praise comes from a heart of sincerity, it can even be louder in God's ears than the loudest spoken praise from a heart of vanity. Let our PRAISE be sung to God daily now and always as long as we breathe so we can direct our lives to the God we vow to serve!

All through HIS LOVE, HIS MERCY, HIS GRACE, HIS POWER, HIS HONOR, all through HIM!

In the name of our LORD and SAVIOR we pray!  Let us be Yours known by You Lord Jesus Christ! Now and forever!!!!!!!