Tuesday 29th March
Jeremiah 11.18–12.6
Ps 6, 9
Hebrews 5.11–6.12
John 7.53–8.11
Psalm 6 and Psalm 9
In the midst of a psalm full of anguish, the psalmist declares
“The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer.”
We are given no indication as to what has changed in his physical or material position, but suddenly the writer is confident in God's power and His mercy towards those who call on Him.
The act of calling upon God, of seeking Him in prayer, changes something in us. God will respond. But He has already responded, in the sense that having called out to God we are no longer the same.
Jesus prayed in anguish that the cup of suffering should be taken from him, if it was God's will. It was not taken from him, but from calling upon God, from praying, he had the strength to go to the cross.
Mags Bird
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