Consider My Sighing.
Psalm 5:1-3AMP
My daddy was a sigher, He would say, “My heavens.” Or, “O me.”
I think I’m a sigher. P.H
Psalm 5 is considered a song of David. In-fact, upon mussing on King David’s life, there are many case in point to consider.
Just one of them, King Saul’s jealousy, it had gotten the best of him. He hated David and wanted him killed. King Saul’s envy of David life story had driven him insane.
Here’s just one for instance, the people sung, “Saul had slain his thousands, but David has slain his ten’s of thousands.”
“King Saul and his men hunted for David continually. David’s life was about as secure as the president of Ukraine, presently is.’ But God.” P.H
Psalm 5:1-3AMP Listen to my words, O Lord, Consider my groaning and sighing. 2 Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, For to You I pray. 3 In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will prepare [a prayer and a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].
King David bears his heart and soul unto God. He declares his trust and allegiance in God. He declares his security in God. David also declares that his private time belonged unto God.
David even declared his sound, (the sound of his voice God knows) I felt the Lord to tell you to Declare your sound!
Listen, your voice, my voice, might not matter to others, but your voice, my voice matters to God!
Say it, My voice matters to God!
Psalm 5:1TM Listen, God! Please, pay attention! Can you make sense of these ramblings, my groans and cries?
In many translations the word sigh is present. It might be deeper than a cry or groan. At least on the same level.
Psalm 5:1HCSB Listen to my words, Lord;?consider my sighing.
David is saying, “God, Please hear my groans and sighs.”
A sigh is a long, deep breath. It's a— psychological response to sadness. And it's very similar to the gentle whisper of the still small voice.
Sighing is what we do when we don't know what to say or do. The Ukraine makes me sigh. Sometimes a sigh comes when we’re tired.
But according to the psalmist, it's more than a low frequency distress signal; it's a wordless prayer.
After the death of my parents, I happened upon three words that are some of the most comforting in all scripture: Consider my sighing.
David cries out to God, “consider my sighing.”
This is what I know: God has the ability to take your sighs, and connect it with the right language. In other words, “God read’s your sigh!” He say’s, I know what my child is saying. I’ll fix him or her.
Mark Batterson writes, Even in our most profound pain, God hears us. He is so intimately tuned to us that He hears our wordless sighs.
In that great book of victory, Romans. The apostles Paul writes, 26 In the same way the Spirit [comes to us and] helps us in our weakness. We do not know what prayer to offer or how to offer it as we should, but the Spirit Himself [knows our need and at the right time] intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words.
Listen, It’s not the question, “Does God hear our wordless sighs.”
God intercedes for us with—wordless groans.
Question: How did Job survive hell on earth?
This morning sister Donna read this and I believe, Job 1:20 is the answer. Job 1:20TM Job got to his feet, ripped his robe, shaved his head, then fell to the ground and worshiped:
Job survived his dark night of the soul through worship to his God.
Notice, Job fell to the ground and worshipped.
Paul and Silas doing the Lord’s work, were severely beaten, and then placed in the inner— most part of the jail. Shackled with chains.
The Bible makes this proclamation in, Acts 16, But at Midnight Paul and Silas begin praising and worshiping their God as the other prisoners listened.
Could it be that Paul and Silas cried, “Lord consider our sighs.’ ‘Lord, hear our groans.”
The Bible proclaims, Suddenly, the earth quaked, and the prison doors came open. Paul and Silas wasn’t about to leave anyone behind. Even the jailor and his family were saved!
David cries in, Psalm 5:2NASB Listen to the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God,?For to You I pray.
God knows your sounds…Is he/she content? Is he/she peaceful and joyful? Is he/she in distress? Is he/she broken? Is he/she seeking?
Again, God knows your sound.
Here’s a word about worship that should be repeated at church all the time:
“Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshiping what's right with God.”
Refuse to allow your sighs, (your physical and emotional pain) to stop you from worshipping the perfect One. God is 100% right.
I want to give you a few observations about worship:
First, the hardest praise is the highest praise.
God loves us when we least expect it, or deserve it. (Your hardest praise is the highest praise) Sometimes we have a hard time— returning the favor.
Don't forget—you are His joy. Is He yours?
Second, whatever you don't turn into praise— turns into pain.
If you internalize pain, it only gets worse.
“A little offense can turn into a ton of bitterness over time.”
“Bring all your hurt, all your pain, all your sorrow to the Lord!” P.H
Third, sing it like you believe it.
Some of us need to notify our face that we believe it.
Dick Eastman, “If you believe it, don’t just sing it, declare it.”
Again, David calls out in verse 2, “Listen to the sound of my cry for help.’ ‘To You my King and my God unto you I pray.”
David solely singles out God, “To You, my King and my God unto You, I pray!”
Psalm 5:3NLT Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly.
Psalm 5:3bAMP …In the morning I will prepare [a prayer and a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].
David states, Every morning, I make my request unto you, and then I wait expectantly.
How do I wait? Do I wait and complain? Do I wait not believing? What do I expect?
On a missions trip to the Ukraine, my plane landed in Frankfort, Germany. I hadn’t slept in over 24 hours. I was walking in a daze, and suddenly, I had a police approach me carry a machine gun. He begin to question me. He kept asking me, “What do you have to declare?” I’ll never forget telling him half asleep, “I declare that I’m a United States citizen.” He ask me more questions, I couldn’t understand, and all I could see was that machine gun!
Can I make a few declarations? * You aren't the mistakes you've made. * You aren’t the labels that have been put on you.
* You aren't the lies the enemy has tried to sell you.
* You are who God says you are.
* You are a child of God, 1 John 3:1.
* You are the apple of God’s eye, Psalm 17:8.
You are sought after, Isaiah 62:12.
Isaiah 62:12NIV They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the LORD; and you will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted.
* You are more than a conqueror. Romans 8:35
* You are a new creation in Christ, 2 Cor. 5:17.
* You are the righteousness of Christ, 2 Cor. 5:21.
And one more thing. You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. Phil. 4:13
All our identity issues are fundamental misunderstanding of who God is.
Guilt issues are a misunderstanding of God's grace.
Control issues are a misunderstanding of God's sovereignty.
Anger issues are a misunderstanding of God's mercy.
Pride issues are a misunderstanding of God's greatness.
Trust issues are a misunderstanding of God's goodness.
If you struggle with any of those issues, it's time to let God be the loudest voice in your life!
Benediction.
