Day 22 - Dear God, Help!

This week we will focus on "making the ask" - ASKING God for things.

Sometimes, as is the case in Psalm 57, we ask God for HELP! We plea for RESCUE!

Psalm 57 presents a wonderful mixture of praise, repentance, asking, and yielding... the P-R-A-Y acronym that I find helpful to guide my own prayer moments...

David is literally running for his life, but he's running into the presence of God. He's bringing his fear, his frustration, his hopes to God. "I cry out to God most high... he sends from heaven and saves me... he sends his love and his faithfulness..."

His prayer is both a desperate plea and a cathartic (helpful to himself) commitment to focus his thoughts and feelings on the goodness of God, rather than the danger of his circumstances.

God, if only I would run to YOU first, rather than run to stress, worry, busyness... or run to people! Help us run to YOU first with our needs and with the details of our lives.

David wants help.

Sounds a little cliche to say that the first step to "recovery" is to admit that you need help. Well, spiritually, the first step to a deeper walk with God is to admit your need and approach God in prayer.

Have you grown closer to God in the past three weeks? If so, how?