Listening & Learning — A Devotional

Psalm 5:3

MY VOICE

Psalm 5:3. “My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto Thee, and will look up.” MY VOICE. My inward thoughts may jumbled be and sometimes make no sense, Until I stop and take the time to put them into words. So, it is when in the morning watch those words will reach my voice, They then become coherent thoughts, and I express them to my Lord.

My voice takes meditations and after some time has passed, They develop into worship and result in sounds of praise. These I am able to give to God, who has fed my soul and blessed Those new considerations bless Him, and my spirit is raised.

There are some times when supplications seem formless at their best, Until my voice is raised to God and specific requests are made. To express with voice precisely the things concerning the request, Makes clear to me just what I have asked as I consider what I’ve said.

Then, there come those times when communion is so sweet, And inward thoughts are challenged to find words to express them right. Worship really needs my voice to define my Lord so great; Otherwise, the jumbled sounds will make darkness out of light.

My voice to God I daily raise in prayer and supplication, He and I both know what I mean by what I’ve said. By putting into spoken words my thoughts of appreciation, I am blessed, and God is too; we both have been made glad.

“Father, I have spoken to Thee about the pressures of the new work we have been involved in. Also, about the way other believers view that work with skepticism. I know that You know all the issues, and I don’t, so please, Father, give me the calmness needed to help my brothers and sisters who are laborers in this work, too. I have been over this road or at least roads that are similar. They haven’t. I have learned to value the precise expression of needs to Thee because it has helped me to rest in Thee. Help them now in a similar way. I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”