PSALM 6:8-9 The W.S.P. Factor

Greetings O Ye W.S.P'ers...

"Depart from me, all you who do iniquity...for the Lord has heard the voice of my WEEPING...the Lord has heard my SUPPLICATION...the Lord RECEIVES my prayer." (Psalm 6:8-9)

This Psalm has three things interwoven throughout it...especially in verses 8 and 9.

1. Me
2. The Lord
3. The W.S.P. Factor

As David writes...another Psalm of Lament...about his adversaries and enemies. David's emotional condition...with concerns about being rebuked and chastening by the Lord in His anger and wrath...desire for grace and healing to a dismayed soul (mind, will, emotions, the totality and seat of who he is)...and a need for adversaries and enemies to depart.

What I like about the Lament Psalms is that David...who was a man after God's own heart... a man of praise and worship...a man with clay feet and hungry heart...was real. He did not hide behind FAUX FAITH (no...not fox...but with an O no X...aka false faith).

As mentioned before...I consider David to be one of the first blues men recorded in the Bible. David sings the blues about the situation/circumstance...but then shifts into the answer to his problems...many times singing the solution while the problem still exists.

The W.S.P. Factor is what David did.

1. Weeping: David cried while he was praying. These were not tears of joy...but tears of need. "Weeping may endure the night...but joy comes in the morning." (Psalm 30:5)

2. Supplication: I like to consider this prayer one that is more specific and humble. David
does list and is specific with what he wants to happen concerning his enemies. This does not
mean that we dictate to God on how to handle the answering of the prayer...but that does
not mean that we can't humbly let God know how we really feel...because after all...He does
already know what we need before we ask Him.

3. Prayer: The actual act of communicating with God. It is as natural as breathing. It only
requires for us to open our mouth and express our thoughts to Him. In Philippians 4 we are called to "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by PRAYER and SUPPLICATION with THANKSGIVING...LET/ALLOW your REQUESTS BE MADE KNOW (Philippians 4:6-8)



As you are trusting God...standing in faith...this is where the rubber meets the road. This is the practical application of what you believe. As a teacher of the Word of God...I lay out the principles of God...and on the surface they sound easy. They are taught step 1...step 2...step 3 and then the finished product. But in reality...it may be Step 2...Step 3...Step 1. That is why we "walk by faith...not by sight." (II Corinthians 5:7) That is why we "have faith in God, continually." (Mark 11:22) That is why our faith is "faith toward God." (Hebrews 6:1) That is why "the righteous live by faith." [it's a lifestyle] (Romans 1:17; Habakkuk 2:4; Galatians 3:11;
Hebrews 10:38) If you faith is in answered prayer...or changed circumstances...or people as your saviours...then when things don't change, or they shift, or fall of their idol pedestals...then there goes your faith.

Psalm 6 started out with David being dismayed...but ends with "All my enemies SHALL BE (future tense spoken from the present)...(1) ashamed and (2) dismayed." (Psalm 6:10). The time frame for this taking place..."...they shall turn back...they shall be SUDDENLY be ashamed." (Psalm 6:10)

Love and Supplicating Kisses
Rodney "Not Ashamed" Boyd