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Raise our voice to God?
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“To the chief musician, on Neginoth. A psalm of David. ANSWER ME when I cry out, O God of my righteousness; when I was in distress, you gave me room. Have mercy on me and hear my prayer.” (Psalms 4:1)
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To cry out… What does it mean to cry out? To cry out means to shout. According to the Royal Spanish Academy, the Spanish word ‘clamar’ means ‘to lament, shout, or give sorrowful cries asking for a favor or help’; according to the Word, it means to plead aloud to the Lord, expecting him to act concerning something.
Any examples?
There are many examples in the Bible, but we will focus on someone who had a heart after the Lord’s own heart: David.
\1. Psalms 3:1-4
(Though it would be good to read all of chapter 3): David raised his voice to God when his enemies multiplied.
\2. Psalms 4:1
David says to the Lord: “Answer me when I cry out, O God of my righteousness”… Too strong for us? Yet immediately he tells what happened: “When I was in distress, you gave me room”.
\3. Psalms 4:3
David knew the Lord heard him when he cried out to him: “…The Lord will hear when I cry out to him.”.
4. Psalms 17:1
David raised his voice to God for a just cause
“Hear, O Lord, a just cause; attend to my cry. Listen to my prayer made with lips free of deceit.” (Psalms 17:1)
\5. Psalms 18:40-41
However, David knew that when the wicked raised their voices to the Lord, he did not hear them: “You have made my enemies turn their backs to me, so that I may destroy those who hate me. They cried out, but there was no one to save them; even to the Lord, but he did not hear them.”.
\6. Psalms 34:15-17
“The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears attend to their cry. The wrath of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth. The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears and delivers them from all their distress.” And to crown it all, David knew and lived this promise!
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There are 150 Psalms in which we can explore much more about when, why, and how to raise our voices to the King of Kings in times of crisis, affliction, or a plea for justice.
How do we want to see it: raising our voice to God? Crying out to God? Shouting to God?
Let us read this
“I saw another mighty angel descending from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. His face was like the sun and his feet like pillars of fire. He held a little open book in his hand and placed his right foot on the sea and his left on the land. He cried out with a loud voice like a lion roaring; and when he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices. When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me: Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it.” (Revelation 10:1-4)
For reflection
God is great, wonderful, magnificent, almighty, powerful, and most high. At his voice the earth trembles and the seas fall silent; indeed, the earth is his footstool (Isaiah 66:1). He has never lost a battle and never will. Will he be frightened when we raise our voices to him? Can we imagine how many people raise their voices to the King every day? Rather, though he is so great and we are so small (read Psalms 147), he is so good that he will incline his ear to us when we cry out to him (read Psalms 116).
So, if we are afflicted, if things are difficult, if we long for justice… let us raise our voices to God, for he is the one who says
“Call to me, and I will answer you and show you great and hidden things you do not know” (Jeremiah 33:3)
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May God continue to bless you, and may you continue to have an excellent day in Christ Jesus!