# 5 2019. Dev. Psalm 55:16,17. Trust! Read all of Ps. 55. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw Gremar and I closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Ps 55:16-17 “As for me, I call to God, and the Lord saves me.
17 Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress and he hears my voice.”
Ps. 55 is much like Ps. 54. David prays for God’s intervention into his life and into the lives of those opposing David. They not only oppose David, they oppose God!
The structure of this Ps. is similar but more detailed. Vs.1-3 is the introduction. Vs. 4-14 are 12 lines describing David’s anguish, his desire for peace, the confusion caused by evil in the city and his pain at being betrayed by a friend, a close companion. 15 is considered to be the center of the Ps. A call for a living death as the result of evil.
Vs.16-19 begin the next 12 lines where David praises God for His care for him. Vs. 20-21 describes the deception of his companion turned against.
Vs. 22-23 is a comparison of those who trust God and those who reject God. “Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you,.. But you God will bring down the wicked…” The last line along with the intro. brackets this prayer.
Distress, love lost, deception, rejection and violence happens to all of us at one time or another in our lives as well. Therefore, we need to look to what is spiritually central in this prayer, for our benefit in our time, in our situations and for our healing. Vs. 16-17 “As for me, I call to God, and the Lord saves me.
17 Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress and he hears my voice. Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you, He will never let the righteous be shaken. But as for me, I trust you (Jesus)”.
This is the center and the bottom line for those who pray to God (Jesus): We call to God at all times, we cast our cares on Him, He saves, He hears our voice, He sustains us, we will not be shaken and we will not experience a living death but eternal life. Praise be to God!
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