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  “But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.” Psalms‬ ‭69:13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ The challenges of life can either open up the heart of man to effective fellowship with God, or harden the heart against the invitation from his Creator. And for those who are privileged to explore the positive side, the needs for these challenges to quickly disappear are often replaced with the desire to engage more in the knowledge of God. When another explorer declared “ That I may know Him and the fellowship of His suffering ”, it revealed the hidden sweetness in the sacred romance; even in the midst of service consecration, twisted as the challenges of life. For the psalmist, ‘my prayer is to You’ eventually became patiently loaded with deep consecration and submission to God, compared with ‘my prayer is before You’ . Absolute submission to the Will of God in every believer’s prayer must swiftly look up ...

  “But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭69:13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/psa.69.13.nkjv One of the reasons why importunity in prayer is considered old-fashion is that self-help approaches appear to often provide good competition. In times of troubles and the vicissitude of life, several mountains and options keep calling for the attention of vulnerable minds. Even when the embarrassing situation in the life of David has dragged him away from the possessed throne, he remained tagged on to the privileged throne of grace: “But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD”. Funny enough, all of the demigods and pseudo-gods in the affairs of the people of God are mostly excited by the patronage of faithless attention seekers. Whereas, the Psalmist preferred to keep the anticipation of God’s attention alive. As long as God remains on the throne of His mercy, the rig...

http://bible.us/psa69.1-2.nkjv Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, Where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow me. Personal smartness in all endeavours makes room for pride, until one is found in the mire with little room for maneuvering. Whenever found in either emotional or financial mire, an unyielding exercise of personal smartness leads into either deep sinking or sudden death. ‎Unlike the Psalmist, many in the battle for life are often deceived from doubting the only path to salvation: an outcry of " Save me, O God! ". The enemy's mire could be mercilessly messy, but God's mercy is always mercifully mighty to deliver. When the waters are far away from the neck, safe rescue through the attention of other well-wishers can be helpful. However, only the mighty mercy of God can sincerely save from the messy mire of life. ‎