Can You Hear Me Now?
February 1st, 2007
Heidi Bolz
Psalm 4:3 Know that the Lord has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD will hear when I call to Him.
I love the way this verse starts out with the word “know.” There is no debate, no question…the godly have been set apart for God. David must have put himself in the category of the godly because he went on to say that as one set apart, he knew that the Lord would hear him when he called.
It is hard for me to do what David did, to put myself in the category of “godly.” It is my desire to honor God. My motivating force each day is to be aware of the prompting of the Holy Spirit so that in all I do and say I would be pleasing to God. That would make me godly, I guess. But only because of my salvation from accepting Christ’s death as payment for my sins am I able to truly be counted as godly. Do I fully grasp what it means to be set apart for God? I am reminded of the 11 Timothy 2:20-21 passage about articles in a house used for noble and not-so-noble purposes. Those noble ones get that way through a cleansing, made holy and useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.What does that mean to me in my daily life? It means that He wants to use me for His purposes. That is fine with me. That is what I want!
The second part of this verse is such a comfort to me. I think of the times that I have called out to someone and they don’t hear (or are they just acting like they don’t?). It can be such a frustration. It can seem to be a waste of time and energy. I don’t experience that when I call out to the Lord. He will hear when I call. I must realize that He may not always answer in the way I want. Could it be that the more godly I am the more I will see things from His perspective and the less I will feel like I am getting the “wrong answer?” It seems like I question whether He hears me or not when I get what seems to me to be the “wrong answer.” I need to ponder that one!
Lord, I want to call out to you rather than try to take care of things on my own. I want to see things as you see them. I want to be counted as godly. Please help me to see what I can do today to be seen as more godly than I was yesterday. I want to change on a daily basis. I want to only be busy accomplishing Your purposes today.