Psalms 116:1-4
I love the Lord, because he has heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
Because he inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
Tag: God Hears Our Prayers
In this Psalm the writer is praising God for “hearing” his cry for mercy. He prays with assurance that God is not only listening, he is responding ... albeit in God’s timing, not his own. When we read the rest of the praise he has written we can see God acting on his prayer. The key here is that he prays with faith, knowing the character of God. God has promised to hear us and to respond to us. Granted, God does not always respond the way we want. But, God always responds and completes His purpose in us.
In the final book of the Bible, Revelation, it says this about the prayers of the Saints of God:
Revelation 8:3-4
And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.
Our prayers are rising before God. He sees them and hears them and responds to them. Our prayers are not like some email thread of spam or junk mail. God listens to our prayers. We should stop, like this writer, and just give thanks that God hears our prayers. The God of the Universe is hearing my voice today in heaven!!! What is not to rejoice over?
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