Proclamation:
“Lord, You are The God who saves me; day
and night I cry out to You. May my prayer
come before You; turn Your ear to my cry.”
Psalm 88:1-2 (NIV)
Explanation:
The words of this psalm were written by
the sons of Korah under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God. The sons of Korah were descendants of Levi,
the grandfather of Moses. They were the musicians
in the temple at Jerusalem who were to sing and/or play this song. The psalmist is in trouble and is crying out
to The Lord to help him. (Psalm 88:3-5)
He knows that The Lord God has saved him in the past and he is praying
for Him to save him now.
Application:
To pray day and night suggests not just
praying twice each day but continual prayer, or to pray without ceasing as we
are encouraged to do. (1 Thessalonians 5:17)
That is to say that we ought to pray frequently. For example, when we wake up, when we get up,
as we get dressed, before we eat, before we drive to work or where ever, when
we arrive safely at our destination, before we speak, before we perform any
task, when we have completed a task, before we drive home, when we arrive home
safely, when we enter our home and find all is well, before we eat, before we
speak to our loved ones, and before we go to bed, any time is a good time to
pray. If you only pray when you are in
trouble, then you are really in trouble.
There is a time and place for public, corporate prayer, but there are also
times for private personal prayer when we want The Lord to hear and answer us.
(Psalm 88:2, and 9, and 13) He has saved
us in the past, and we know that He can help us now and in the future.
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