Text:
Psalm 54:1-2 (ESV)
1 O God, save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might.
2 O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.
Observation:
In this Psalm David took the problems he was having with his enemies to God in prayer.
Was that a good plan? Let’s see what God says about His creation. This is God’s view of His created beings.
Genesis 1:26-28 (ESV)
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
This is what God said about the creation of the first man and woman, “And God blessed them”.
We need to see people through the eyes of God. I remember Judas, who I just read about in the gospel of Mark; he betrayed Jesus. If we have problems with people, and we all do, we need to take our problems to their Maker in prayer.
There is nothing beyond the reach of prayer, when we have faith in God, and take all of our cares to Him in prayer.
Notice two important things about prayer that David mentions in Psalm 54. First, he says that God hears my prayer.
Psalm 54:2 (ESV)
2 O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.
Then he says God is my helper.
Psalm 54:4 (ESV)
4 Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.
The secret to effective prayer is to pray, watch, and wait. Then, when God answers your prayers, be sure to give Him the praise.;
Psalm 54:6 (ESV)
6 With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O LORD, for it is good.
Prayer:
Father God, it is such a privilege to be able to live in Your presence, and to be able to take everything to You in prayer.
Father, we approach You in faith, and with a heart filled with thanksgiving, and gratitude for You are a great and good Father.
Father, hear the prayers of Your people, as we each cry out to you for the needs of others, and our needs. In the mighty name of Jesus we pray, Amen.
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Ephesians 6:10-11 (ESV)
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
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