Here’s an example of an invitation “from” the Lord … “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah 1:18… an invitation that had best be heeded, I might add!

Now, here’s an example of an invitation “to” the Lord. “Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.” Psalm 5:1, words penned long ago by King David.

Have you ever thought about inviting the Lord to sit in and listen to every thought you have?

(I do realize that God is omniscient, knowing everything … including what I say or think. “Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.” Malachi 3:16, clear proof of what I just said!)

But still, a human being WANTING, INVITING the Lord God of the universe to “tune in” to every word spoken!

“Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.”

Wow!

That noun “meditation” (spelled “hagiyh” in Hebrew) essentially means one’s “thoughts,” one’s “musings” say our King James translators.

And the verb “consider” means to plumb the depths (and motives and intentions) of one’s heart and soul and mind! “Biyn” means “to discern,” or better yet, “to understand.”

Granted, after David invites the Lord to “listen in,” he proceeds to pray. But the fact mains that the whole Psalm (Psalm 5) includes promises (“My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up’) and “precepts” (“For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee”) and “convictions” (“Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness”) as well as “prophecies” (“The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity; Thou shalt destroy them”) and a great “statement of faith” (“For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous”).

Basically the whole gamut of human thought!

And when a man thinks like this … this nobly and godly … he can have liberty asking the Lord to “give ear!”

Elsewhere in Scripture we are told that the Lord thinks of us, about us! “How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!” Psalm 139:17 … this is a man “tuning in” on God’s very thoughts!

But asking Him (the great Creator and Redeemer) to “tune in” on our thoughts … sounds exciting to me, and challenging!

One more time …

“Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.”

And one more … Wow!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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