April 1, 2025 Devo

There is a worship song that was very popular about 20 years ago called “Breathe.” It is a beautiful song that talks about our deep need for God. It talks about His Presence being the “air we breathe.” His Word is our food, our “daily bread.” But it is the chorus that always makes tears flow down my face: “I am so desperate for you, I am so lost without you.” Whenever I sing those words, I’m taken back to moments in my life when I had to be totally dependent on God. I know I need Him every day, but there have been times when I’ve known that I REALLY need Him. Times that if He hadn’t been there, I just don’t know what I would have done. I was DESPERATE for Him. I was SO LOST without Him. Can you relate to this?
That’s what this first verse from Psalm 28 is about. It’s David’s “Breathe” song. He’s acknowledging that God is more than good, more than just helpful, and more than simply a wonderful added benefit to his life. God is his very strength. God is his only stability. God is his light in the darkness. God is his LIFE. Like in the song, David is declaring that He is desperate for God and totally lost without Him. “If you are silent, I might as well give up and die.” David is doing more than telling God he needs Him. He’s telling God he REALLY needs Him! And God heard David.
Maybe that’s YOUR prayer today. Maybe you’re at a place where you realize you really need God. Not just a little bit or even a good bit. You’re DESPERATE for Him. Maybe, like David, you’re at a place where, if God doesn’t answer, you don’t know what you’re going to do. Cry out to Him that way. Cry out to Him as if you needed Him to breathe. Cry out to Him as if you’re truly desperate for His help. Cry out to Him as if you were a child lost in the woods who doesn’t know which way to go. Sing your own “Breathe” chorus to God, and let the tears flow down your face like they do mine. God is moved by the passionate prayers of His children. God will see your tears. He will hear your prayer. And He will rush to answer you. You’ll discover that when you REALLY need God, He will REALLY be there for you. That’s God’s Word for you today.