Psalm 1-6 Trying It Out For Myself

The introduction to Psalms in my Bible said, “Don’t just read the prayers of these saints, pray them.  Experience their energy.  Imitate their honesty.  Enjoy the creativity.  Let these souls lead you in worship.”  After listening to how God was approached in these first six chapters, I want to try it myself:

Father, I am amazed that You even bother to listen to me!  You, as Sovereign God, owe me nothing.  Were it not for Your son’s death on the cross for me, I would be unable to even approach you.  But as Your Word says, You have allowed me to come boldly before Your throne.  Father, I know Your ways are right, and Your commands are the only way that I should live, yet still I find myself listening to voices other than Yours at times, daring me not to trust You and to trust my own instincts.  They will always be wrong, and I am a fool to do so, Father.  When circumstances become overwhelming for me, I should run into Your arms to find comfort and stability.  Instead, all too often I become so wrapped up in my problems that I find myself reacting as the world does instead.  I hate it when I disappoint You in this way!  Please forgive my stumbles, my lapses, my falls.  Pick me up.  Remind me that I’m Yours, and show me the path back to You!  No other god could love me as You do.  I can’t even love myself that much.  Please cause me to always understand that, and help me know that I’m actually loving myself and You less when I try to step out of Your will and allow myself to experience what Satan describes as freedom, but what You call sin.  I’m not entitled.  I’m simply a sinner in need of Your grace.  And I should never presume upon it.  Instead, I should understand that it is dispensed as the costliest substance in the universe, for it comes from the blood of Your Son Who was on the cross for me.

 Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford