Battling With Discouragement
Psalm 42:1-11
As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him? Day and night I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, “Where is this God of yours?” My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration! 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! Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember you— even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar. I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me. But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life. “O God my rock,” I cry, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I wander around in grief, oppressed by my enemies?” Their taunts break my bones. They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?” 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!
- Take Time to Look to God
- Psalms 42:1-2
- Psalms 46:1
- Psalms 34:5-6
- Take Time for the House of God
- Psalms 42:4
- Hebrews 10:25
- Acts 2:44, 26
- Take Time to Remember
- Psalms 42:4, 6
- 1 Corinthians 11:24
- Psalms 77:10-11
- Take Time to Sing
- Psalms 42:8
- Psalms 147:1, 3
- Psalms 100:2-5
- Take Time to Pray
- Psalms 42:8
- Psalms 34:4-6
- Philippians 4:6-7
