March 7

Psalm 57:2 can make the casual reader of the Word think God is more a genie in a bottle than the ruler of the universe. Although it says, “I will cry unto God Most High who performs all things for me,” we must not get the mistaken notion that He is there to satisfy our every whim.

Notice that it does not suggest that the Lord will comply with every wish we might entertain but that He will hear the cry of our hearts and perform all things…The cries of our hearts represent deep longings. Our deep cries are not for the eye candy of the world.

Those things that well up from the depth of our being are the longings of our spirit man—the part of us who yearns after meaning in life and knowledge of the Most High. It is these inner longings that the Lord wants to satisfy. It is the facilitation of these inner strivings to be like Him, to further His Kingdom’s purposes that He performs.

And, there is a nuance of meaning to the word for that may play into significance here. In Romans 8:31 it says, “If God be for us, who can be against us?” The meaning is that if God is on our part, no force against us can prosper. Perhaps the meaning of the word for in Psalm 57:2 is also that God will perform the things for which we cry if they are ultimately to our eternal benefit—truly on our part.