Psalm 5
The Morning Prayer
"In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly." (Psalm 5:3)
David prays in the morning, as the first move of the day. Before the noise, before the decisions and before the enemies show up, he lays his requests before God and waits.
Expectantly, not hopefully or anxiously. But expectantly. Like someone who has enough history with God to believe that God hears and that God responds.
Psalm 5 also names what God is like clearly and without apology: you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness. No evil dwells with you. The arrogant cannot stand in your presence. You hate all who do wrong. That clarity about who God is makes the expectant prayer possible. He’s not indifferent. He’s not capricious. He hears. He acts in accordance with His character. So you can pray expectantly.
Have you had seasons where your morning prayer felt like shouting into fog? Have you had seasons where your prayer felt like the most natural thing in the world? The difference probably was based on whether you had been spending enough time knowing who you were praying to.
