Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation say evermore, ‘God is great!’ But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay! (Psalm 70: 4-5)
In each of the psalms assigned for today there is turmoil and trouble. The psalmist is threatened from every side. He is under attack and in great peril.
He is profoundly poor and needy. He is poor - the Hebrew is anah - hassled, under pressure, stressed, busy, depressed, ashamed and humiliated.
He is needy - 'ebyown - vulnerable, financially strapped, and requiring help.
The Hebrew 'ebyown is derived from 'abah, which means to be willing, consent, to yield, to accept, and to desire.
Too often I have been poor, but have resisted being needy. Too often I respond to trouble with ego rather than faith. May I be more often needy: willing, yielding, accepting, and desiring a relationship with God.
In each of the psalms assigned for today there is turmoil and trouble. The psalmist is threatened from every side. He is under attack and in great peril.
He is profoundly poor and needy. He is poor - the Hebrew is anah - hassled, under pressure, stressed, busy, depressed, ashamed and humiliated.
He is needy - 'ebyown - vulnerable, financially strapped, and requiring help.
The Hebrew 'ebyown is derived from 'abah, which means to be willing, consent, to yield, to accept, and to desire.
Too often I have been poor, but have resisted being needy. Too often I respond to trouble with ego rather than faith. May I be more often needy: willing, yielding, accepting, and desiring a relationship with God.
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