I Give Myself Unto Prayer

Daily Reading: Hosea 5 - 8, Psalm 19, 49, 79, 109

Psalm 109:1-4 "hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; (2) For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. (3) They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. (4) For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer."

I love this scripture. There have been times in life when I have found out through gossip or by accident that someone I trusted, someone I thought was a friend, was just putting on a show for my benefit. In reality they had secrets they thought me too naive to share with, opinions they thought me too narrow minded to understand and experiences they thought me too mellow to enjoy with them. (Granted, I am narrow minded when it comes to certain thoughts, but I am not narrow hearted and I may not agree with certain opinions but I don't base my love for a person on our differences.) Whether people intend it or not...their lack of honesty hurts more than the truth. To find out later what someone said about you is a very humbling thing. What's just awesome about the scripture above however...is verse 4. The last part says..."but I give myself unto prayer." The first time I read that it was in the New International Version which says "but I am a man of prayer." All of the above may be true BUT! I am a woman of prayer. I am this person who has this weapon of communication with God. I'm like a superhero. :) I give myself unto prayer. That makes all the difference. I could be treated mercilessly, given the cold shoulder, and told I was worthless, but I give myself unto prayer. I could be beaten, wrongly accused and thrown in prison, but I give myself unto prayer. No matter what the circumstances...the alternate truth is prayer. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise. He is the God of my praise...I praise Him as my hero! My hero hears my prayers, He rescues me, He does not let my enemies go without giving account of their deception. He is on my side and will not let His daughter see destruction. I am His and He is mine, forever and ever.