Psalm 42 is filled with words of despair and
heartache and cryingout to God. God can take all of our feelings and
fears, our worries and weakness and there we find hope. As we read through the
Psalms and hear David’s voice in the singing, the praises, the despair, the
cries for forgiveness, we hear the humanity of life.
Even in
the midst and, most often, near the end of each Psalm there is always a turning
to God, with phrases like, “even now,” “and yet,” “I will yet praise Him.” And
in the middle of David’s cries, see how David turns again to his God.
Why,
my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturned within me? Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 42:5
Wherever
you are today, praise God. Even if you feel hopeless and helpless, praise Him.
Praise Him for His creation, for His love, for His forgiveness, for the hope of
eternity. Sometimes praise is sacrificial. It may seem impossible. The writer
of Hebrews understood this.
Through
Jesus, therefore, let us continually ofer to God a sacrifice of praise-the
fruit of lips that openly profess His name.
Hebrews 13:15
God honors
our praise as we trust Him through the darkness. The sacrifice of praise will
give you hope when there seems to be none.
Dear Lord,
We praise You for Your Son, for Your unending love,
for Your understanding heart, for Your compassion. For all of these things and
more, we praise Your holy name.
Through Jesus, our Savior
Amen
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