"Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Saviour and my God." Psalm 42:5 NIV
Today, I want to speak to all those people who seem to have lost all hope. Things may have happened and you feel so devastated by it all. Don't give up, God is with you. I also want to speak to those who through various life events, have become worn out, battered, walked all over, tired and bruised. God is still with you.
The Psalmist here, is encouraging praise, but not so much in the private sense but in public. It is good to allow your praises to become public, it lets the devil know, without a shadow of doubt, that you are not beaten, Jesus is right there with you and you should never surrender no matter what.
This is easier said than done, however. When we feel like things are hopeless and that there is nowhere to go or anyone to make it feel better, a darkness, rather like a cloud can come over you. This can be in the form of depression; and this can force a person into a shell that is very hard to break out of. The thing is, the only one that can get you to come out of that shell, is yourself, with God's help.
Look at what the Psalmist has written. He is speaking inwardly, searching his very soul. 'What has happened to me? Why am I like this? He examines everything that has led him into this position, He determines that nothing is worth him feeling this way and decides to put his hope back in God. His spirit then begins to revive.
Be careful here, we all speak to ourselves, and what we think and say determines what the outcome will be. One part of us speaks in the positive, as above. However, the other part remains in the negative, the part where Satan manipulates and feeds us lies. But be encouraged, "He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.' 1 John 4:4.
Therefore, no matter how you may feel, breakthrough it with a shout of praise; speak God's Word to yourself, praise Him some more. There is hope and His name is Jesus.
Copyriight 2021 Grahame Howard
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