TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL PASSAGE

Please read Psalm 35:10-17

And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.

Psalms‬ ‭35:13b‬

DEVOTIONAL

by Sandra Chua

Do you remember slow mail? In the 1970s, we had to write letters physically by hand, bring them to the post office, and wait. Sometimes,  some letters would come back unopened with a rubber stamp mark saying, “Return to Sender.” 

David had been running away from Saul, and it seemed that Saul did not give up until David died. Again and again, Saul tells David he will not pursue him anymore,  but David repeatedly finds himself in danger from the same threat. 

Scholars say David was on the run for around 15 years; as David prayed for deliverance each day and waited, his prayers returned to his bosom unanswered. Burdened by the same concerns, he repeatedly gives them all back to the Lord, as shown in the many psalms in the Bible.

I have prayers that return to my bosom seemingly unanswered, too. My SOP (standard operating procedure) would be to send them back to the Lord, and also repeatedly until He answers. This is the essence of waiting for the Lord. 

What do you do with your prayers that keep returning to you unanswered? Do not give up. The Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Matthew 7:7 says, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

 

PRAYER