Praise be to the Lord, for he has heard my cry for mercy. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.
Psalm 28:6-7 NIV
Psalm 28:6–7 lands with particular force when you are in the middle of waiting. “Praise be to the Lord, for he has heard my cry for mercy. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.” This is the posture of praising God before the answer comes — choosing worship before the breakthrough arrives.
The Heart That Trusts First: Praising God Before the Answer Comes
Are you fasting and praying, seeking God’s face concerning a particular issue? Meanwhile, the answer has not yet come. Psalm 28:6 does not begin with “after he answered me.” It begins with praise — not as a response to visible deliverance. Rather, it responds to something deeper: the confidence that God has heard.
God sees the heart. He hears the cry for mercy. So the instruction is clear: praise now, not after. Trust first, then wait for the fulfilment to follow.
In fact, there is a difference between praising God because things worked out and praising God because He is trustworthy. The first is natural. The second is faith. Moreover, Psalm 28:7 describes this beautifully: “My heart trusts in him, and he helps me.” The trust comes before God visibly confirms the help. Similarly, the joy comes before the performance — before the answer materialises in the natural realm.
The Posture of Faith: Praise While You Wait
This is, therefore, the call for today. Praise while you trust. Praise while you wait. Rather than holding worship in reserve until God acts, release it now. The Lord declares He has already heard. That declaration is enough to sing.
Fasting strips away the noise and makes the voice of God clearer. Indeed, in that quiet place, what rises to the surface is not more doubt — it is more praise. The heart leaps for joy not because the circumstances changed, but because the Word of God is already certain.
Ultimately, the performance — the visible answer — will come. Yet the praise does not wait for it. Praise is the language of those who believe before they see.
Living It Out
If you are in a season of waiting, choose praise today. Let the knowledge that God has heard your cry be enough to lift your heart. Praising God before the answer comes is not naivety — it is the highest form of trust.