My God and My Country

A Study of Psalm Thirty Two

Verse Six

6 Therefore shall everyone that is godly, make his prayer unto thee in a time, when thou mayest be found: surely in the flood of great waters they shall not come near him.

Related Scriptures

1 Timothy 1:16

Brethren:

We so often speak of seeking the Lord whilst he can still be found. It behooves us, therefore to seek Him daily. It is particularly true when we find ourselves in the deep waters of distress and fear. When we do so, we connect with Him on a deeper level. Prayer is our communication with God. Henceforth, we pray that each day is brought new mercies and comfort.

"'For this,' that thou hast so graciously done for me, the godly shall gladly perform these two duties; the prayer of faith and the obedience of faith. As I have been an example to them of sin, which is now my grief, so I shall be to them of good, and that is my comfort. Where note, first, That every godly man is a praying man. God hath no dumb children in his house. Secondly, That such will be making use of God’s dealings with others for their own instruction and comfort, 'For this.' Thirdly, That they will observe the fittest times to make their addresses to God. In the greatest of outward troubles or inward perplexities. freed he shall be, if not from the smart, yet from the hurt, of personal crosses; and for public calamities, he shall be delivered, if not from the common destruction, yet from the common distraction. Washed he may be, as Paul was in the shipwreck, but not drowned with those floods of great waters; be they never so great, they are bounded. As R. Obad. here noteth, repenteth before those floods come upon him, and so redeemeth his own sorrows.” - John Trapp