WordLive - Year OneSample

Prepare: Before you turn to the Bible, stop and ask God to make you aware of his presence, to show you again how much he loves you. Wait to sense his love and care for you, then write down anything you feel he is saying.

Distress and depravity
Today we turn again to David in his distress. In this psalm his cry is not only about physical safety but about the rightness of life with God as opposed to the depravity of false gods (v 2).

David celebrates God’s righteousness and faithfulness while grieving for a world where people reject God as they cry out, ‘Who will give us anything good?’ (v 6).

Cling to God
Maybe you empathise with David. Many in our culture reject God and yet with redundancies, relationship breakdown, cancer and poverty, people everywhere are asking, ‘Who will give us anything good?’

We can be drawn into the worry and fear of our world, but we must cling on to God and with David say, ‘you have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound’ (v 7, NIV). In God there is more joy than the world can give, even when things go well.

Respond: You may be feeling unsure of God’s goodness today. Maybe the issues of life are causing you to fear and despair.

Say this psalm out loud with David, making it your prayer too. Now pray for our world, for those who are looking desperately for something good to see God’s love in us as we go about our daily lives.

http://www.wordlive.org/Session/Classic/2012-01-22