Psalm 69:19-21

You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you. Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none. They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.

David is suffering without relief despite his prayers. Suddenly there is a startling reminder of Jesus - how on the cross he was scorned, disgraced, and shamed, helpless, friendless, and offered vinegar to drink (John 19:28-29). Jesus knew - and knows still - the pain of unanswered prayer when he asked if another way could be found to save us besides the agony of the cross (Luke 22:42). God answered that prayer by saying, in effect, "There is no other way to save them...If they are to be saved, I must not save you." This not only answers the question: Is there another way to be saved besides Jesus? (No.) It is also the ultimate comfort when we sense no answer to our prayers.
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