Do not hide your face from me!

“7 hear my voice when I call, O LORD;
Be merciful to me and answer me.

8 My heart says of you, "Seek his [b]
Face!"
Your face, LORD, I will seek.

9 Do not hide your face from me,
Do not turn your servant away in anger;
You have been my helper.
Do not reject me or forsake me,
O God my Savior.” Psalms 27: 7-9


Do you ever have times in your life when you feel like the Lord is hiding His face from you? Times when you are unsure just what the Lord would have you do. Maybe you were skipping down a particular path, singing a happy tune certain that the Lord had said, “This is the way, walk (skip) in it”?
Then all of the sudden, the path grows heavy with undergrowth, or it comes to a fork or maybe it even has three ways in which you can choose and you are stumped…that happy tune leaves your lips, the skips becomes a slow walk and eventually comes to a halt and you cry out in the words of the Psalmist,
Do not hide your face from me!

“7 hear my voice when I call, O LORD;


Be merciful to me and answer me.” You desperately want to see the Lord, hear His voice and know His will for your life, yet, there is silence. What do you do? Again, you pray the words of the Psalmist,
9 Do not hide your face from me,
Do not turn your servant away in anger;
You have been my helper.
Do not reject me or forsake me,
O God my Savior.” Psalms 27: 9
and then you wait and listen for God’s voice for He will again lead you in the way you should go.


Dear Heavenly Father,
I thank you for guiding my path, for protecting me, for loving me so much. Please continue to be patient with me as I try to be still and listen for your voice, try to see your face, and seek to serve you each day. I want to walk in your light, spreading your truth, being obedient to your will and your word. Forgive me where I have failed.

In Jesus precious name I pray,
Amen