Good morning, everyone!
Today I read Psalms 40-45, but I'm going to focus on Psalm 42, which is a psalm of the sons of Korah.
As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me.
Our spirits long for God and desire nothing more than to be in His presence. Yet, our Enemy would have us to question where our God is in times of trouble.
For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God, with the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
Sometimes, beginning to question God can lessen our enjoyment of His presence, and can even cause us to rethink joining others in His house.
Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him for the help of His presence. O my God, my soul is in despair within me; therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan and the peaks of Hermon from Mount Mizar. Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me. The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime; and His song will be with me in the night. A prayer to the God of my life.
When things seem to be going wrong, and we can't see God's presence in our lives, it's important to remember all of the other things God has done in our lives, so that we remember how faithful He is. Continue to pray to Him, and He will answer.
I will say to God my rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of my enemy?" As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me, while they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God.
Sometimes we feel the need to ask God where He is. And sometimes that's okay. We are only flesh, and sometimes doubt creeps in. And that's okay too. Just don't stop talking to God. If you're struggling, talk to Him. If you're doubting, talk to Him. Tell Him, so He can help you. Yet, continue to praise Him and do not forget all the wonderful thing He has already done.
Our hope is in God, and when doubt and sorrow begin to creep in, we can say "Why are you in despair, O my soul? My hope is in God, who is faithful."
I hope you'll join me tomorrow when I read Psalms 46-50.
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