Sometimes when I either call on the Lord in prayer or sing praise I find that the Lord seems far off. I have a hard time settling my heart and mind. Concentrating is a chore that takes much effort. My heart wants to seek the Lord. I try to seek. Yet, my mind is like the flight of a bat or a swarm of nats that resists a set course.
Times like these I call, “Be merciful to me and answer me. Come to me that I may see your face. Do not turn away your servant in anger. You are my helper. My life. My light. My savior. Warm my spirit with your Spirit. Be my helper.”
When Jesus was on The Mount of Olives he told his disciples to pray. However, they kept falling asleep. Jesus commented, “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” (Matthew 26:41) Though the psalm may not be precisely the subject of a scattered mind in prayer and song, the general concept is. David pleads with the Lord to receive him into his presence so that he may be delivered. The solution to a lack of concentration is to bring it to the LORD.
