“Why, my soul, are you
downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet
praise him,
my Savior and my God.” Psalm 42:5
This
Psalm is referred to as a instructional ode or hymn. David was in flight from his own son Absalom and
therefore was removed from his normal routine of going to the house of God to
lift praises to His name. The situation
he found himself in caused his soul to be downcast.
This Psalm was a
means of encouraging his own soul and spirit to praise God regardless of his
circumstances for God never changes like shifting sand. Our Lord remains a constant source of wisdom,
guidance and encouragement to us all. If
we place our faith in the one true constant in a sea of inconsistency, we will
be blessed among men. Sure, we will have
moments of doubt or even days where we struggle with our own reality, but in
the end when the dust settles on our day we should we able to look heavenward
and still offer praise to a God who loves us relentlessly and will never fail
us.
Our faith should
be the basis for any hope we might have.
Faith gives birth to trust and with trust comes the realization that God
will always be there to comfort and guide us through any set of circumstances
we may find ourselves in. David knew
this. That’s why he was able to praise
the Lord even though his life was in danger.
God will never fail us and is both with us in the midst of our struggles
and at the end of it waiting for us to arrive.
Until next time, walk with the King and be a blessing!
