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Will God Accept My Prayer?

Saturday June 25, 2022
 

Our Psalm today tells of one who is in agony and deep sorrow over what he has done.  How often have we called out to the Lord in our distress and struggled to put our thoughts together before Him? 

I cry out to God for help.  I cry out to you, God; listen to me!  My Lord, in my time of trouble I came to you.  I reached out for you all night long.  My soul refused to be comforted.  I thought about you, God, and tried to tell you how I felt, but I could not.  You would not let me sleep.  I tried to say something, but I was too upset.  I kept thinking about the past, about things that happened long ago.  During the night, I thought about my songs.  I talked to myself, trying to understand what is happening.  I wondered, “Has our Lord rejected us forever?  Will he ever accept us again?  (Psalm 77:1-7 ERV)

The person who wrote this Psalm is praying with great intensity that God would hear and listen to him.  He is unable to put into words what he has done and how he feels about it.  He keeps thinking about the past and perhaps God’s goodness to him.  Because of what He has done, He wonders if God has rejected him forever. 

Sometimes we make bad decisions that negatively impact our recovery and we feel shame before our loving God.  Knowing that God is a Holy God we may feel that repentance is not enough, and we choose to beat up on ourselves.  We may judge that we fully deserve that God withdraw His love and favour from us.  God, however, has made provision for our forgiveness of sin through the blood of Jesus.  Jesus was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities.  In God's eyes the high price paid by Jesus is more than enough to forgive His children when they slip and fall into sin.  Do we dare say that it is not enough?

Prayer:  Gracious God, I am forever grateful to Jesus for coming into this world to pay the high price of sin.  May my life always exhibit my gratitude.  It is enough that Jesus died and that He died for me.  Amen

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