Tuesday 14th April
Read Psalm 4:1
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
‘God of my righteousness’ is unusual and apparently unique to this psalm. It expresses the recognition that David has a very personal relationship with Yahweh that enables this appeal to be made. It seems that this appeal is not limited to a specific point in time but is a request to God to respond and intervene whenever such a call is made. The request is not a vague hope but comes from a heart that has experienced God’s past actions. It is also a heart that recognises that answers to prayer are expressions of God’s grace/mercy toward him. How often are our prayers self-focused rather the ‘enveloped’ in a recognition of God’s grace toward us?
Geoff Hinch
