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Psalm 102 versus one and two.

Hear my prayer, oh Lord, let my cry come to you.

Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress.

Incline your ear to me. Answer me speedily in the day when I call.

Do you hear the desperation? in the kind of summary of the song's voice here the kind of summary of the

Psalm at least in my Bible says a prayer of one who is afflicted when he is faint and is pouring out

his complaint before the Lord and you feel that from the very beginning of the Psalm, the desperation, and even urgency and

pleading for God's help now, like answer me speedily in the day when I call I need your help right now today and

we see this all over the Psalms this tension between crying out for God's help in the moment in certain

situations like in that day answer me today God I pray and then at the same time waiting on the Lord and trusting in

the Lord's timing, and both are a part of the journey of faith. We trust that God hears us in the moment when we call,

and God can answer us in that moment. At the same time, we need to trust in the timing of God that sometimes he doesn't answer in the way we would like to see in that moment.

Sometimes his purposes are worked out over time which could involve days or months or years or decades or

ultimately all of eternity. But Psalm 102 versus one and two and really the whole Psalm is a reminder that it is good and

right to ask God in prayer for answers today, for provision today in the moment, even as we trust in

his timing that may be different than ours. And I just want to encourage you to think

about in your life, like what are you desperate for today for God to do in your

life or in someone else's life or you're praying for.

And I want to encourage you to press in as we pray in a moment

with those specific things in your mind.

And let's plead for God to answer today.

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