VOICE - Psalm 5:1-3
Give ear to my words, O Lord; give heed to my sighing. Listen to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you I pray. O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I plead my case to you, and watch. - Psalm 5:1-3 An appeal to God to listen, a resolve to call out daily and a reminder to be vigilant. First, the appeal: Look at all the auditory words here: give ear to my words, heed my sighing, listen to the sound of my cry, hear my voice and my pleading. It is comforting to remember the words of 1 John 2:1: "We have an advocate with the Father," but it is just as important to know that we have a voice, and God hears us. See Psalm 18:6: "In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears." Next, the resolve: We should make it a habit to call on the Lord. Here David speaks of his "morning" routine, but we can easily expand this. See Da...