‘Make haste to me, O God!

You are my help and my deliverer;

O Lord, do not delay!” (Ps 70:5)

King David had many enemies.  After he was anointed as the king of Israel, Saul persecuted him unto death. His enemies actively desired to hurt him, to make him fall and even to kill him. He prays for help and deliverance from enemies who are stronger, richer and more famous than him.

The first request he makes is for God to come down and fight against his enemies. He is asking God to confuse, weaken and embarrass his enemies for their unrepentant wickedness against God’s servant. He prays that his enemies shall fall and retreat from the selfish battle against God’s anointed.

The second thing he prays about is for joy and strength for the people of God, including himself. As God will answer his prayers, the two groups of people shall be separated eternally: some will become weaker and the others, stronger and stronger.

Lastly, he prays that God will answer these two requests ‘hastily’, that God should not delay His intervention in his circumstances. It is an emergency call from an anxious but faithful heart.

There are some things in this life that require an urgent solution. There is no more time to waste. Each minute is a step towards disaster. The pain is getting worse; the call from the bank more insistent, the marriage is on the edge of collapse…This is an emergency call to God for whom nothing is impossible!

But even then, David remembers that the greatest need of the hour, the greatest call for debt payment, is to be grateful to God and to give Him glory. This is the true emergency my heart must acknowledge! As I live my life in total dependence on God the Holy Spirit, as I remember to give Him thanks daily, the anxiety of urgent mundane needs loses its terror. I do not allow anxieties to become ‘old’ in my heart!

Without any delay, each painful fear is replaced by a prayer of faith and thanksgiving. Each exchange becomes a pearl on the string of my testimony as a child of God.

‘Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus’ (Phil 4:6, 7)

It has worked for me, it shall work for you!

“He who testifies to all these things says it again: “I’m on my way! I’ll be there soon!”

Yes! Come, Master Jesus! (Rev 22: 20, TM)

In Christ I declare:

When I fear, I shall pray to God!

When I fear, I shall praise God!

In all things I shall give thanks to God!

My troublesome and unrepentant enemies shall become weaker, confused and ashamed!

The joy of the Lord is my strength!

God changes my anxiety into peace that guards my heart and mind against further fears!

God has not given me the spirit of fear but of power, love and sound mind!

I am not a coward! Fear will never paralyze my mind!

I am an overcomer with a great testimony that seals my confession of faith in Jesus Christ!

God is never in a hurry, for in all things He knows the end from the beginning!

I shall never panic to the extent that I forget to pray!

Prayer is my oxygen to breathe and thanksgiving my beauty made from ashes!

There is no more delay! The enemy has failed! God has given me my heart’s desires!

To the glory of God!

In Jesus name,

Amen!