O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;

in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.

Psalm 5:3

In David's words I sense trust. I sense dependence. I sense child-like faith. "Lord, I bring my needs to you. I'm looking to you. I'm waiting for you to take care of me. Lord, you are my only hope. I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch." David brought his needs to God and he was confident that God would take care of him. "I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch."

I, too, am a bundle of needs. I have a never-ending supply of problems, requests and issues that I need God to take care of. That means I must do what David did: bring those to God and then wait in expectation.

If I do this, does that mean I expect God to say "yes" to all my requests?

No. After all, I'm asking, not demanding. Requesting, not ordering. I'm the servant; he's the Master.

To watch means we expect God to act. We expect God to hear our prayer, we expect God to care about our heart, we expect God to intervene on our behalf. We cast our burden to God and trust that God will take care of it in whatever way he deems best.

David's prayer is a model of child-like trust. It's a model for resting in our God. It's a model I want to follow more and more.

O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;

in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.