For the choirmaster.

With stringed instruments.

A Psalm of David.   

Answer me when I call, 

O God of my righteousness! 

You have relieved my distress; 

show me grace 

and hear my prayer.

Psalms 4:1 BSB

Interesting that the text includes the description and the author, and the little instruction on using stringed instruments - love that!

And David starts his song in a way that seems demanding. 

He knows who God is, the God of his righteousness, the God who has made him "right". But David's not hearing from Him.

And wants to.

God who has moved before is now silent and David doesn't like it.

That line "you have relieved my distress" literally says "in a tight spot you enlarged it, made space".

I wonder if that's what God does for us sometimes, makes space for us to step into. Am I looking for that?

Do I just want God to "fix", when maybe He is making space for me to step into?

And then David rounds off this first part of the song with a plea that he will be heard, that he will receive grace. 

It's OK to call out to God.

It's OK to need grace.

It's OK to ask that our prayers are heard.

I wonder what was going on for David that he needed to call out, that he needed grace, and that he pleaded to have his prayers heard? 

Whatever is going on for you today it's OK to do the same.

#psalms

#sundaypsalms

#psalm4

#theGodwhomakesspaceforyou