Whenever I attempt to read the whole Bible, I always seem to make it to beautiful passages of Psalm and Proverbs. God’s word is a never ending fountain that continues to give no matter how many times you’ve read a certain passage. Each time you read a passage of scripture, it brings a new opportunity for the Holy Spirit to reveal something pertaining to your soul.
As I was reading Psalm 52, I felt that sometimes in our lives, we just don’t have the words to pray. Especially when you know that you have prayed for so many things outside of God’s will. David seems to have encountered this feeling also, but he closes by saying, “I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.”
Usually when we are lacking faith, we don’t bother to pray. Thinking possibly that it would be a waste of time. But we must regain strength from Christ.
We are not like the woman that pestered the judge until she got what she desired. The words that impressed me the most were “because thou hast done it”, I couldn’t figure it out, but I knew it was something definite. When you say someone has “done it”, it’s final and accomplished!
Even though it looks like David is complaining, David is actually praising God! He writes that His name is good before the saints because He is merciful and loving, “because thou hast done it”. I must emphasize again that this phrase demonstrates David’s utmost faith that God had already answered his petition and that now all he needed to do was “wait on thy name”.
Let us each when we pray, take this simple lesson from David. It’s the simple lesson of faith, knowing that God is always in control and He has heard our prayer. Not only has He heard it but He “has done it.”