Psalm 61:1-8

Psalm 61:1-8 June 1999


1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

Yes, Lord!

2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Strong's definition – 5848 – overwhelmed – "to shroud, i.e. clothe… from the idea of darkness - to languish: -cover (over)…faint, feebler, hide self..be overwhelmed, swoon."

Lord, this is how I feel when I don't know what's really going on inside my body - when I don't know what I'm reacting to - when I can't tell whether or not I have a real fever – when the Candida seems to flare up – whenever I can't tell whether I'm "reacting" or "detoxifying". O Lord, my heart is OVERWHELMED, shrouded in DARKNESS, and I feel faint as if there is no hope…BUT THEN Your "touch" comes to me and HOPE is renewed! How I praise You, Lord, for being my ROCK – the HIGHER WISDOM, the rock that is higher than I. Often I cannot tell what is going on. Often I do not know what to do. But You know exactly what's going on. Be my doctor, and give me Your wisdom, Lord.

Lord, lead me to the rock that is higher than I! Lead me to the rock… the HIGH ROCK...way high above the pollution of this world...high up on Your "mountain top" where the "air" is clean and pure…a place where I can breathe easily…a place where the air is free from chemicals and exhaust. Ah, Lord, you are that ROCK! LIFT ME UP TO THEE!

I cannot climb unaided for my strength is weak. Lift me up to Thee where I can "breathe' again and where I shall no longer feel overwhelmed!

3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

Strong's definition – Shelter – "hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust."

Yes, Lord, I'm crying unto You once again "FOR" – BECAUSE You have helped me in the past, and I know You will help me yet again! You have been a SHELTER for me – a place of hope – a place of HOPE! Yes, YOU are my only hope for an environmentally safe room to live in .
Please provide one, Lord…but until then, I shall run into YOU, my strong tower, and YOU shall be my SHELTER from the devil and the enemy of pollen, dust, mold, and chemicals.

4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

It seems I have no "safe" place here on earth, but there in thy tabernacle under the safety of thy wings, I shall abide. No need for expensive electric air conditioning and heating there – no need for expensive "chemical-free" building materials! No mold – no pollen – no dust! Ah, there is my perfect home where I will "react" no more to my surroundings, and I will abide there in thy tabernacle FOREVER! Hallelujah!

"Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and EVERLASTING JOY shall be upon their head: they shall obtain GLADNESS and JOY; and SORROW and MOURNING shall flee away." (Is. 51:11)

5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

Lord, You have heard my secret vows and hopes and dreams and desires. You know the secrets of my heart! Hear my prayers, O Lord!

Those who reverence Your NAME…those who are Your children by grace are given a great INHERITANCE! Hallelujah! Thank-You, Lord, that You have included me. Thou hast given me a great HERITAGE…Your TESTIMONIES…which are the rejoicing of my heart. (Psalm 119:11) You have given me eternal life and spiritual REALITIES!You have given me special PROMISES – YOUR VERY WORDS by which I have experienced these things:

1)I have partaken of Your divine nature. You have shared with me Your "native disposition" –pure, clean, holy – which formerly I knew nothing of (II Peter1:4) The word "nature" can mean "growth", and I know that I shall grow more and more Christlike through my sickness,
and "when (You) shall appear, (I) shall be like You." (I Jn. 3:2b) What a wonderful thing to shout about! Surely the environmental illness I experience is Your MEANS for my GROWTH in grace that I might learn patience and rejoicing through suffering.

2) I have been delivered from the powers of darkness and have been translated into the kingdom of Your dear Son. (Col. 1:12-13)

3) I have VICTORY, and no weapon or word from man or devils shall prosper against me! (Is 54:17)J

4) I have an INHERITANCE in heaven which is "incorruptible, and undefiled, and …fadeth not away." It is RESERVED in heaven for (me)! (I Peter 1:4) Hallelujah!

Surely my INHERITANCE is even greater than this, but this is a beginning meditation at least. Lord, especially I want to think on these word today – that YOUR "DIVINE POWER hath given unto (me) ALL THINGS TH PERTAIN UNTO LIFE AND GODLINESS"! (II Peter 1:3) You will give me everything I NEED in order to live for as long as You want me
to live physically, and You will give me what I need to have REAL LIFE – ABUNDANT LIFE _ SPIRITUAL LIFE now and for always…and to grow in GODLINESS. Thank-You!

6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.

You prolonged David's life. And mine? Thank-You, Lord, for these verses-

"Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like shock of corn
cometh in his season." (Job 5:26)

"And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you." (Is. 46:4)

Thank-You, Lord, for CARRYING me, for figuratively, I'm too weak to even walk.

7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth which may preserve him.

Strong's definition –

Prepare – "to weigh out…allot, enumerate or enroll…appoint, count, number, prepare, set,tell"

Mercy –"pity"

Truth – stability, (fig.) certainty, truth, trustworthiness… assuredly, faithful…"

David the king says he shall "sit down" and "settle" with YOU and make You his HOME forever. This is my desire, too. Yes, Lord, thank- You for "enrolling" me in Your number who are "allotted" MERCY and TRUTH. Continue to "appoint" and "weigh out' these two things for me. PREPARE mercy and truth for me, like a meal, each day. As You feed me MERCY and TRUTH surely these will be the things that will PRESERVE me and keep me alive both physically and spiritually! The TOUCH of Your Holy Spirit making YOUR WORD effectual in my life..This is MERCY and TRUTH – You are crying for me, and YOU ALONE know how I feel each day. This is MERCY! – You are enabling me to meditate in Your Word, and this brings TRUTH – STABILITY in my life. This is MERCY, too. May the "stability" come especially in a spiritual way, but may it come also physically that I may not get any worse in my health. MERCY and TRUTH – These will PRESERVE me and protect me from the evil one. Hallelujah! And Spurgeon says, "We cannot keep ourselves, and nothing short of divine mercy and truth can do it; but these both can and will, nor shall the least of the people of God be suffered to perish."

8a So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever.

As You answer these prayers, and even BEFORE, I will "celebrate" in song and SING PRAISE unto thy name, Jehovah Rapha! As Spurgeon says, "We ought not to leap in prayer and limp in praise. "So as I sing Psalm 61 to You today, may I meditate on these things and not only cry unto You with supplications, but may I PRAISE You in ADVANCE for WHO YOU ARE and what You are in the process of doing! All praise belongs to Thee, my Lord!

8b that I may daily perform my vows.

Lord, what a sweet promise! Praising You in song EACH DAY is a special "means of grace" for my sanctification. It will be a HELP to me in PERFORMING for Your glory! "An apple a day keeps the doctor away," as the saying goes. And a PSALM a DAY helps to keep the devil away! "The JOY of the LORD is (my) STRENGTH! (Neh. 8:10) If I REJOICE "in thy name…all the day" no matter how I feel, surely I will "be exalted" in thy righteousness"! (Ps. 89:16) Sanctification comes to me as I sing praise to You! Thou art God, my "EXCEEDING JOY"! (Ps 43:4)

In Jesus' name. Amen!



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