But may all who search for you 

be filled with joy and gladness in you. 

May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, 

"The Lord is great!"

As for me, 

since I am poor and needy, 

let the Lord keep me in his thoughts.

You are my helper and my savior. 

O my God, 

do not delay.

Psalms 40:16-17 NLT

At the end of Ps 39 David tells God just to turn away from him, here in 40 he ends with "keep me in your thoughts". 

Something has shifted. 

His problems don't seem to have just gone away, he's still "poor and needy", but it seems in his trouble he has been seeking God, looking for Him in his trouble.

And found Him there. 

The invitation is for us to do the same, to seek God in our trouble. 

To acknowledge who He is even in this. 

To want things to change. 

David ends Ps40 with this little phrase "do not delay": what do you think he means?

There's more to fix - come and fix it?

There's more to change in me, keep working in me?

There's more to know of You, I want to know more? 

Something else? 

The thing is that there's been movement in the right direction, and there's more. 

He's asking God to keep going in his life. 

#psalms

#psalm40

#changeispossible

#keepgoing