Why
Am
I
Discouraged?
Scripture
Psalm
42
11 Why am I
discouraged?
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Savior and my God!
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Savior and my God!
Observation
King
David was a man after God's own heart. God said that about David, it
wasn't David bragging on himself.
And
yet, even though David had this kind of love for God it didn't mean
that he didn't struggle with discouragement and with depression.
After
all a good part of King David's life was lived out hiding in caves
and hiding out in the wilderness trying to escape those who were
trying to kill him.
You
and I will go through times of discouragement and through times of
being down in the dumps. There will be times when we are going to be
down, times when we are bummed out, and there will be times when we
are not even going to be able to put our finger on the reason why we
feel that way!
It
is in those moments that we need to do just what King David did –
we need to praise our Heavenly Father.
We
need to turn to Him just like David did and we need to say to Him
just like King David did, “Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so
sad? I will put my hope in God? I will praise Him again – my Savior
and my God!” Depressed? Discouraged? I will put my hope in God! I
will praise him again – my Savior and my God!
So
when we are down ... let's look up!
1
Chronicles 29:11
Yours,
O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and
the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord,
and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all
things.
Philippians
4:4, 6-8
Always
be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!
… Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.
Tell
God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
Then you will
experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand.
His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ
Jesus.
And
now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on
what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and
admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of
praise.
Application
I
will praise the Lord … whether I feel like it or not!
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, You know my thoughts. You know exactly how I feel and You
know why I feel the way I do even when I don't why. So I will praise
You when I am up and I will praise You when I am down. I am not going
to operate based on the way I feel. Help me to walk by faith and not
by sight. I praise you, Lord! I am fearfully and wonderfully made! I
will put my hope in You! I will praise You again and again and again
– You are my Savior and my God!
Daily
Bible Reading: Nehemiah 7,8; Acts 1 ... I added Psalm 12, Psalm 42;
Proverbs 12
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