The supplicatory psalms don’t just contain requests for God to do things. They contain powerful faith appeals as to why he should. The psalmists appealed to the person, the purposes and the promises of God. On the basis of what God had said and done in the past they insisted that they see God do, in their situation, what he had promised and done before. This is the kind of boldness that God wants to see in our prayers. This is what faith does and God wants to see faith from us more than anything. Psalm 77 is a testimony, written in retrospect, of the psalmist’s faith journey from alienation and despondency to assurance and joy. He recounts his dismay and how his faith locked onto the things that God had done in the past. As he remembered these things, he also appealed to them, and, as a result, his faith rose up in celebration before anything had changed in his situation. God has done great things in the past and he wants to do great things in your life. But God acts in response to prayer. He does this because he doesn’t just want your prayers, he wants you. He wants you to come to him in faith. He wants to reconnect with you. We connect with God through faith. So let every difficult situation be an occasion for you to exercise faith. Let every challenge become an occasion to reconnect with the power and goodness of God.
Seek God as the psalmist does here.
Read Psalm 77
