I will Sing to the Lord

Advent Devotion for my church's E-Devotions program

I will sing to the Lord,
because he has dealt bountifully with me. ~Psalm 13:6

The psalmist prays this before he sees his prayers answered. He says I will sing to the Lord. He knows he will. The Lord hasn’t dealt bountifully with David yet, but he will.

I like to believe that Advent is about learning to wait with faith. Waiting with expectation that God will act in our lives even if it seems like he hasn’t done anything yet. I’m not saying we can force God to act through prayer. I’m saying that the kind of faith that makes David a man after God’s own heart is the kind of faith that anticipates blessing because he knows that God cares for him.

“Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.”