Answer Me Quickly

[S] Psalm 143:7-8 --
7 Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails;
Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.

8 Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning;
For I trust in You;
Teach me the way in which I should walk;
For to You I lift up my soul.

[O] Life is like a thirsty person looking for water to quench it, and until found the desperation is like the author of this psalm where unless he hears God answering his call his spirit will fail.  Every morning he desires to hear God's voice so he may build up his trust in God for the rest of the day.  With all that he desires to praise God through his soul.

[A] I am currently crying out to God for a specific direction in my life and I am in accord with this psalmist about praying to God to "answer me quickly" and do not hide Your face from me.  I want to continue to put my trust in Him who will answer in His timing.  I want to treasure each morning to hear His voice.

[P] Dear Father, I don't want my life to be deflating but inflating with Your hope and rejoicing despite a sense of being stuck.  I would like to be immersed in Your countenance each morning so that I will lift up my soul to You.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.