# 24 2020 Dev. Psalm 88:1. A cry for help! Read all of Psalm 88. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Ps. 88:1 “Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.”
Ps 88 is a personal prayer for God’s grace and salvation. The psalmist acknowledges that God is his Savior, but the whole Psalm asks God for relief from his situations. The Psalmist is close to death, he has lost his friends, he has lost his family, he has lost his station in life, he has no where to turn but to the God who saves. There are times in our lives that we feel this pain as well, illness that could lead to death, loneliness because a loved one rejected us, poverty due to the loss of income. At those times and many are in that situation right now, we feel abandoned like the Psalmist.
God, how can we “show your wonders” at a time like this? How do we “rise up and praise you”? How do we “declare your faithfulness in destruction”? God, are “your wonders” visible in this situation? God, how do we find “your righteous deeds” at such times we are in right now?
The answer is that we “cry to you (Lord) for help” every morning and every evening we pray for God’s grace, for His care, for His love, for His salvation. Prayer is the highway to the throne, fervent prayer is the way to the heart of Jesus, our Lord and Savior, prayer and fasting opens our heart to hear the Word of the Lord. Let all followers of Jesus be in fervent prayer for our country, for her people, for our leaders. Let all followers of Jesus pray for justice, for repentance, for a return to God and pray that God will heal us, heal the people of this land, forgive us and may God heal our land. Praise be to God!
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