Worship for Today: The Lord hears the needy!

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fascinating, fearsome, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Psalm 69:33,
 

"The Lord hears the needy and does not despise his captive people."

 

In this psalm, David speaks of crying out to the Lord in his great need. He calls to the Lord to save him as the "waters have come up to my neck", verse 1. He talks of sinking in the miry depths where there is no foothold, in deep waters where a flood engulfs him, verse 2. He speaks of his foes, that he is "disgraced and shamed", verse 19. He has a broken heart and has looked for sympathy and not found it.

 

Now he turns to the Lord.

 

David knew of his great need. He was in great trouble and distress and found that "the Lord hears the needy and does not despise his captive people."  I can relate to this all too well. Held captive to sin and facing the consequences for that sin in the judgment of God, I was in great need.

 

Just as David was able to say when the Lord delivered him, "I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving", verse 30, I hear Paul say, "But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness." Romans 6:17-18. How wonderful the Lord hears the needy and does not despise captives!
 
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
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