“But I am poor and needy; yet the LORD thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God” (Psalm 40:17).

The church at Laodicea boasted that they were “rich and had need of nothing” (Revelation 3:17), but David humbly confessed that he was spiritually poor and needy. His enemies were attacking from without, “For innumerable evils have compassed me about” (Psalm 40:12). His own sin had taken hold within. “Mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up” (40:12). No wonder he felt poor and needy!

In spite of these overwhelming problems, David found the answer in the following three spiritual principles: He was not forgotten by God: “Yet the LORD thinketh upon me.” “When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?” (Psalm 8:3,4). The truth of the matter is that God is very mindful of us, and has visited us in the Person of Christ. He was mindful that help and deliverance were available from an ever-present God: “Thou art my help and deliverer.” “My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth” (Psalm 121:2). The God of creation is also the God of salvation and preservation. He urged his request: “Make no tarrying, O my God.” David put fervency into his prayer. So did Nehemiah: “Think upon me, my God, for good” (5:19). “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man (still) availeth much” (James 5:16).

God will not despise the poor and needy; the broken and contrite hearted; the seeking soul. “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden (over-burdened), and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). NPS