Asaph had a process to move from despair and sleeplessness to a place of rest. Asaph meditated on the deeds of God. 

We need to have daily, continual dialogue with God, but the occasional well-written prayer is solid theologically, can be well-presented and very appropriate. 

Written prayers, journaled prayers, can help us in the future as we reflect back on how we endured difficult times. 

Psalm 69:14..."Deliver me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters."

The same spiritual hunger and passion that David had, we can have. David’s hunger was driven by the fact that he had tasted these things before. Once you have experienced God’s power, glory, support and praising Him, you just want more. 

The enemy is trying to destroy you, and me. The enemy, Satan is lurking all around us and has one goal. He cannot take us from the Lord, so He will do everything He can to distract us from sharing the Gospel. 

We can stare down our enemy and say “God has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes will look in triumph on my you.” “Do what you gotta do.”

God Almighty that commands the heavens and the earth and prepares to judge the wicked. Asaph’s psalm sounds more like a legal proceeding, with God acting as both judge and jury. 

As the Psalmist says…

Psalm 43:5... Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?

Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

“If I spend my time doing what is right, I will not have time to focus on what evildoers are up to.”

Key Takeaway:  No matter what you have to do, whatever guilt you are carrying, seek forgiveness before you are robbed of one more moment of peace.