A Walk Through Psalm 119:145-152

I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes. I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word. Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment. They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy commandments are truth. Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. Psalm 119:145-152

Consider that the psalmist doesn't cry with his whole heart to a family member, the pastor, a preacher, a neighbor, a friend or a brother or sister in Christ, but he writes, "I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord."  We have become a society who loves to run from one place to another with the story of every detail of our lives. We seem to enjoy the attention. I am afraid this is bleeding into the body of Christ. When was the last time we came to God before anyone else with that which is troubling us? When was the last time we got ourselves in the prayer closet and called upon God with a cry that was filled with intensity and anticipation of what the King of kings would do? It is time to follow in the steps of the psalmist, "I Cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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