Lord, Hear My Voice
(NIV) Psalm 130
A song of ascents.
1 Out of the depths I cry to you, LORD;
2 Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
to my cry for mercy.
3 If you, LORD, kept a record of sins,
Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
so that we can, with reverence, serve you.
5 I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits,
and in his word I put my hope.
6 I wait for the Lord
more than watchmen wait for the morning,
more than watchmen wait for the morning.
7 Israel, put your hope in the LORD,
for with the LORD is unfailing love
and with him is full redemption.
8 He himself will redeem Israel
from all their sins.
I have read this psalm more than once, allowing its message to penetrate my soul. Do you need mercy? Go to the Lord. Do you need forgiveness? Go to the Lord. Do you need hope? Go to the Lord. Do you need redemption? Go to the Lord.
When we have taken everything to God, then wait. We can have a confident expectation that God, our Creator, and Jesus, our Redeemer, and the Holy Spirit, our Comforter and our Guide, will meet our needs. Rest in the assurance that comes from the Scriptures, our past experience, and our future hope.
May today be a day of blessed assurance.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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