Desperate & Downcast
I have been on the mountain top and I’ve wandered through the valley too. I like the mountain top a lot better. The mountain top doesn’t mean that all is well with me. The mountain top also doesn’t necessarily mean it’s “all downhill from here”. There are highs and lows to my life journey. When I’m low I’m looking for the Father. When I’m up high I’m looking for Him there too! I want to walk with the Lord daily no matter what life throws at me – no matter what circumstances I face.
The sons of Korah penned a song that has ministered to me many times. I do have to stop and talk to myself sometimes when I get down or a bit deflated. The person I shave with is a bit hard headed at times! Sometimes a quick reminder of Who He is, who I am and where I’ve been is worth the trip down memory lane. Check this out…
1 As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
3 My tears have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
‘Where is your God?’
4 These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go to the house of God
under the protection of the Mighty One
with shouts of joy and praise
among the festive throng.
5 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.
6 My soul is downcast within me;
therefore I will remember you
from the land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon – from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.
8 By day the Lord directs his love,
at night his song is with me –
a prayer to the God of my life. (Psalm 42:1-8 NIV)
I’m not going to allow the enemy a foothold. When I stumble, I will get back up and get my feet moving forward. I will lean on the Lord for strength. He has always been faithful to me as I often ignore Him. I want the Power of His love to wash over me like the waves of the sea. I want Him to remind me often of His Presence. When I praise Him and focus my gaze upon Him in worship, my issues get smaller and smaller in significance.
Pressing On!
Dwayne