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Prepare: How has the Lord turned situations around for you in the past? Take a moment to examine the past and thank him for his transforming power. David’s prayer There is a hinge at the heart of this psalm. In verse 4 David prays that the Lord will ‘turn’ to him and deliver him and save him because of his ‘wonderful love’. David is in agony. Note just how graphic and physical his language is: ‘My bones tremble with fear’ (v 2); ‘my groaning has worn me out’ and ‘At night my bed and pillow are soaked with tears’ (v 6). And yet by the end of the psalm he clearly feels that the Lord has indeed turned to him and accepted his prayer. God’s response It’s an amazing thought that we all too easily take for granted: our God turns towards those who call upon him. He is not implacable or immovable; he is not deaf: he responds to those who call upon him. In grace and love he turns to those who cry out to him. He turns to us, so that our tears can turn to laughter. What will not change about God is the thing that matters most to us: his ‘wonderful love’. He will never leave us nor forsake us. Respond: ‘How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast in the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights’ (Psalm 36:7,8, NIV). Make these words of praise your own. http://www.wordlive.org/Session/Classic/2012-02-05