Read: Ps. 5; 38; 41-42
I love how David is the king and yet he calls God his King. David is for the people and especially the people who honor God. He wants them to experience the same joy and fellowship he hads with God. David lived before the age of grace and salvation so he felt the weight of sin. He describes the hopelessness he feels in Psalm 38. In his desperate estate he cries out to the Lord for help. He answers this prayer in Psalm 41. David knows that only the Lord can heal his soul. God is merciful and He will raise our head and put praise on our lips.
Psalm 42 is one of my favorite psalms. David is so hungry for God and even though he is going through the motions every other believer is he knows there is more he can have in God. So David speaks to his own self and he commands his soul to praise God for what he has done in the past. He reminds himself to remember the miracles and answered prayers in his life. In the midst of persecution, David reminds himself to hope in God. God can make his face to shine with joy again.
Psalm 42 is a great lesson on how to lift your spirit up. David continues to speak to himself and command his soul to do the right thing: praise God, hope in God, and reminds himself that God does hear the deep groaning of his heart. We can do the same thing when we feel desperate, forgotten and faithless. We can command our spirit to hope in God.
Lord, we will praise you in the day and You will be our song in the night. We put our hope in You.
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