Thankfully, Romans 8.26-27 provides incredible encouragement to me:Ģ6 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.Ģ7 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. Therefore, I am incompetent in my praying, and desperately need the help of the Holy Spirit to approach the throne of God’s grace in prayer. I am a time-bound creature of flesh, and my tendency is to walk by sight and not by faith. This is possible because of the indwelling Spirit of God within me. Hebrews 4.16 bids the child of God to approach God’s throne in prayer: “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Because God is on His throne in heaven and I am presently earthbound, it is required that I pray to my Father by means of faith. May I try my hand at drawing a word picture of prayer for you? But what a lift it has sometimes proved! With all our tugging and straining we have been utterly defeated, until the heavenly loadstone of our Saviour’s love has displayed its omnipotent attractions, and then our hearts have gone up to our Beloved like mounting flames of fire. Let faith be the lever and grace be the arm, and the dead lump will yet be stirred. At such dull seasons we must not give over prayer, but must, by God’s assistance, exert all our powers to lift up our hearts. Very often the soul cannot rise, she has lost her wings, and is heavy and earth bound more like a burrowing mole than a soaring eagle. True prayer may be described as the soul rising from earth to have fellowship with heaven it is taking a journey upon Jacob’s ladder, leaving our cares and fears at the foot, and meeting with a covenant God at the top. “Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I lift up my soul.” It is but a mockery to uplift the hands and the eyes unless we also bring our souls into our devotions. What a mercy that the Lord will condescend to hear our cries in time of trouble, although we may have almost forgotten him in our hours of fancied prosperity. When the storm winds are out, the Lord’s vessels put about and make for their well remembered harbour of refuge.
“Unto thee, O Lord.” - See how the holy soul flies to its God like a dove to its cote.
Listen to the wonderful word pictures painted for us about this Psalm by our beloved Mr. The other acrostic Psalms are the 34 th, the 37 th, the 111 th, the 112 th, the 119 th (which is the longest of the Psalms), and the 145 th Psalm. This is the first of the psalms which is written in an alphabetical order, or in which the first word of every verse begins with the letters of the Hebrew alphabet in order. John Gill, and others, informs us that this 25 th Psalm is an acrostic psalm, making it a bit unusual: O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.Ī few interesting facts about this particular psalm written by David before we focus on our text, which is the first verse of this 25 th Psalm. Unto thee, O L ORD, do I lift up my soul. Many of you remember singing this when you were young, but perhaps you young people here this evening can learn this brief hymn.
Rather than reading Psalm 25.1-2, I would like Brother Isenberger to come and lead us as we sing those two verses. Please turn there at this time, and when you find that portion of God’s Word please stand. My text for this evening is found in the 25 th Psalm.
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