Psalms 4:1
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Hear me when I call may sound like a strange statement, but many of us expect to be heard when we don’t even call. Of course the Father does know what we need even before we ask Him, so this ‘calling” to God is more for our benefit and for that of those around us. For our benefit because it is a conscious confession of our need which provokes humility; and for that of others, because it is a witness and a demonstration of God’s ability to helps His children in their time of distress.
In ancient times, to make a request from God, people had to go to a Levite, a Nazarite, or a Rabbi. They needed to bring a sacrificial offering and make their request in fear and trembling, whose blood would approach God in our behalf. These things teach us the parameters of prayers even for today. Yes, things have not changed. We go to Yeshua, our Nazarite priest and Rabbi and make our request with fear and trembling, and He presents His Own shed blood to the Father as our sacrifice to pay the price of approaching the Father for us. What a priviledge that we can call upon Him at any time and invoke His sacrifice as leverage for our request. May we not use it unworthily.
Oh that we would call unto God as unto a loving Father. So many of us who call Him “Our Father” act like orphans. Let’s call upon Him today, in the righteousness and mercy of Yeshua, the Messiah, and know that He will “enlarge” us when we are in distress; that He will have mercy and hear our prayers. He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities (Psalms 103:10). His gentleness has made us great, and He deals with us according to the righteousness and the mercies found in the blood of Yeshua the Messiah shed for us.
Hear me when I call may sound like a strange statement, but many of us expect to be heard when we don’t even call. Of course the Father does know what we need even before we ask Him, so this ‘calling” to God is more for our benefit and for that of those around us. For our benefit because it is a conscious confession of our need which provokes humility; and for that of others, because it is a witness and a demonstration of God’s ability to helps His children in their time of distress.
In ancient times, to make a request from God, people had to go to a Levite, a Nazarite, or a Rabbi. They needed to bring a sacrificial offering and make their request in fear and trembling, whose blood would approach God in our behalf. These things teach us the parameters of prayers even for today. Yes, things have not changed. We go to Yeshua, our Nazarite priest and Rabbi and make our request with fear and trembling, and He presents His Own shed blood to the Father as our sacrifice to pay the price of approaching the Father for us. What a priviledge that we can call upon Him at any time and invoke His sacrifice as leverage for our request. May we not use it unworthily.
Oh that we would call unto God as unto a loving Father. So many of us who call Him “Our Father” act like orphans. Let’s call upon Him today, in the righteousness and mercy of Yeshua, the Messiah, and know that He will “enlarge” us when we are in distress; that He will have mercy and hear our prayers. He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities (Psalms 103:10). His gentleness has made us great, and He deals with us according to the righteousness and the mercies found in the blood of Yeshua the Messiah shed for us.
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