Psalm 9:13–14 (ESV) — 13 Be gracious to me, O Lord! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death, 14 that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.
NOTE: I think one prayer that I have said more than any other prayer is "be gracious to me" or as other versions translate, "have mercy on me." I need God's mercy. We typically define mercy as "not getting what you deserve" and grace as "getting what you don't deserve." I make many foolish choices and in his mercy I don't get what I deserve. He is gracious to me in my stupidity and foolishness. That is no reason to continue in bad behavior and I don't want to continue in sin. But like Paul wrote,
Romans 7:15 (ESV) — 15 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
What then is my hope? Thanks be to God for he will deliver me from this body of death, and he until then he gives mercy and grace in my time of need.
PONDER:
- Am I comfortable with my sin? I must never be. I must always repent. I must always seek to turn and ask the Holy Spirit for strength to fight my sinful nature.
PRAYER: Father, thank you so much for grace and mercy. I could not survive without it. Continue your graciousness to me so that I may recount your praises to those around me.
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