Poor and needy

As I mentioned in my last post, David wrote, "I am poor and needy" (Psalm 86:1) Um, not really David. You're the king so you're not poor. And needy...well, maybe. Poor AND needy? What was he getting at? David lived in depedence on God, displaying a radical trust in God's love for him. Later he writes, "Great is your steadfast love toward me." David was in need of God's grace, of forgiveness, of peace, of assurance, of EVERYTHING. Economically he was rich but poor in other ways. He may not have wanted for anything physical, but stood in great need.

"The moment we acknowledge we are powerless, we enter into the liberating sphere of the risen One and we are freed from anxiety..." --Brennan Manning