Praising God from the Depths of Our Struggles

Psalm 63:1

O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Most people who study the Bible find David to be one of the most intriguing characters in all of the Old Testament.  It is likely that he is so interesting to most of us because he is a character of such contrast.  We learn that He was passionately devoted to God as evidenced by today’s passage.  But on the other hand, we find that he was guilty of some of the most grievous sins written of in the entire Bible.  We learn that David was a mighty and courageous warrior that won many battles because of His favor with the Lord.  But conversely, we find that he was at his weakest when he was fighting his own personal battles in the flesh.  David’s emotional highs and lows are well chronicled by David himself in the Book of Psalms.  His writings provide us with some of the most heart-warming and inspiring poetry written anywhere in the Bible.

As we struggle through the challenges of daily life, the way God views David offers hope for all of us. Of David, the Lord said, “I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.”  We can be comforted in knowing that there is nothing that we can do to cause Our Heavenly Father to love us less. His love and forgiveness are perfectly paired and extended to us without end.  Our Lord is particularly pleased when, like David, we come to Him with praise even in our darkest hours.

Let us go boldly to the Throne of God, particularly when we find ourselves in a dry or weary place. Let us sing our praises to our precious Lord.  Let us be strengthened by knowing that Almighty God delights in seeing us come through our trials in loving obedience to His calling on our lives.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for Your perfect love and forgiveness.  We sing Your praises knowing that even when we have fallen that Your love for us never fails.  We bless the name of Jesus through Whom we are separated from our sin.  We ask that Your Holy Spirit will inspire us to thirst for You in the passionate, intimate way that David did.  We pray that Your Holy Spirit will strengthen us to walk in obedience to all that You ask us to do.  We long to be called men and women after Your own heart.  We ask all these things in the name of the living testimony of the love of God, Jesus Christ.