Psalm 109:21-26 "But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me (22) For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. (23) I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. (24) My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. (25) I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. (26) Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:"
To be quite honest, I tried to avoid this Psalm. As I began to read it, I felt
a heaviness come upon me as I read how the Psalmist was about as low as a man
can go in his spirit. He was asking God to have a special place beside his
enemies where Satan would stand. I really tried to just move on to the next
Psalm without writing anything about this one. But I came to verse 26 and I
realized that whether we go as deep in the hole as this Psalmist or just in a
place that seems lonely and dark, there is a place where every one of us meet
together. That place is where we stand to say, "Help me, O LORD my
God." I may have written about this instance before, but it comes to my
memory quite often. My best friend and I were out in his yard throwing a football.
His father was working on a lawnmower in his little shop. Apparently he came to
a place where a bolt would not come loose when I heard him say, "Lord,
help me get this loose." Those words have stayed in my heart for over 60
years. His heart was so close to God that he asked for his help in what most
would consider a trivial matter. So, my thought this morning is that whether we
are trying to maneuver through life in a dark place or trying to get a bold
loose on a lawnmower - there is nothing too large or too small for us to ask
God, "Help me, O LORD my God."
Thank you Lord!
I need Thee ev'ry hour, most gracious Lord;
no tender voice like Thine can peace afford.
I need Thee ev'ry hour, in joy or pain;
come quickly and abide, or life is vain.
I need Thee, O I need Thee; ev'ry hour I need Thee;
O bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee.