“Listen to David’s confident assertion in Psalm 4.3: ‘Know that the Lord has set apart the Godly for Himself; the Lord will hear when I call to him.’ That was David’s whole posture, his instinct, and especially his approach to warfare.”
“The Lord will hear when I call to him.”
Can you imagine saying something like that? Can you imagine praying that in the stillness of your own heart? This statement from David reminds me of the disciple John, who referred to himself in first person as the one “Jesus loved.”
As we move deeper into a prayerful posture as both a community and as individuals, I can’t help but wonder how much this dynamic affects our momentum. It probably goes without saying that both doubt and confidence significantly affect your overall posture and expectation.
If you doubt that God hears your prayers, or you doubt that He cares, or you doubt that you have been set apart for Him, you will not be motivated to pray much or pray intensely.
If, on the other hand, the core of who you are is filled with confidence that God does hear your prayers, does care about your prayers, and has indeed set you apart for Himself, wouldn’t you almost be compelled to constantly pray?
So here is the question that gnaws at me: Why doesn’t that ring true in the soul of the average Christian? Why is that that we are far less like David and far more like doubting children that are not sure if their Heavenly Father really cares? What needs to happen for that truth to travel into the center of our being?
The phrase that defined David's life was that he was a "man after God's own heart." I find myself praying that this will be true of both myself and our River City community. The quote at the top says that David's whole posture and instinct leaned towards an assurance of being set apart by God and being heard by God.
May that become true of us...
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