September 16 – All Our Longings Laid Bare

“Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You.” Psalm 38:9 (NASB)

As a song writer in his time, David produced many of our Psalms.  He was always very open about his trials and feelings, and the things that weighed heavy on his heart and mind.  Today we have a verse from a song that expresses his feelings of depression and anxiety.  We may sometimes think that no one knows the deep feelings of our hearts. Maybe we think that by not sharing our feelings with others we can keep them to ourselves and no one needs to know.  Yet we must remember that God does know how we feel.  What David says in this verse is that God is reading our feelings and our longings like an open book.  And when we breathe a sigh without saying a word, God gets the message. Doesn’t this encourage us to express our feelings to God?  He already knows how we feel so we might as well open up to Him in prayer and song.  When we express our longings He is ready to help. He wants us to turn to Him in faith and then He will act.

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September 25 – Open Book Before God

“All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.”  Psalm 38:9 (NIV)

We don't often think of “longings” as being a positive thing.  Most common understanding is that our longings are strong desires – especially for things unattainable.  And, most times they are private as we don't care to go about expressing our longings openly except perhaps, to those closest to us.  If someone is longing for something he or she may try to keep it hidden from everyone.  Unless it is put into words, nobody will know.  But God knows our every thought and our unexpressed longings are known in detail by our Lord.  What in our life is too deeply felt to be expressed?  God knows what it is and He cares about it.  From time to time we may express a sigh without explanation to others for why we did.  God knows what our sighs are for too.  He knows what is troubling our hearts and minds.  We are an open book before God and we cannot hide anything from Him.  God has promised His love for us and even for our secret things, He wants to help us deal with them – whatever they are.  

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September 16

“All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.” Psalm 38:9 (NIV)
We may sometimes think that no one knows the deep feelings of our hearts. Maybe we think that by not sharing our feelings with others we keep them to ourselves. Yet we must remember that God does know how we feel. What David says in this verse is that God is reading our feelings and our longings like an open book. And when we breathe a sigh without saying a word, God get the message. Doesn’t this encourage us to express our feelings to God? He already knows how we feel. When we express our longings He is ready to help. He wants us to turn to Him in faith and then He will act.