when my dad preaches on Sundays, he always has us pay attention to repetition in any Bible passage because it is a clear indication of what is important and what we should look at. twice in this chapter we are faced with the question "where is your God?" and twice the author mentions his downcast soul. Yet in comparison, our Lord's name is mentioned roughly 14 times, a clear answer as to where God is. he is everywhere and he must be in our lives and he must be where our hope lies! immediately after the author questions his downcast soul, he mentions that his HOPE lies in the LORD and that he will praise Him in the midst of it.
so i think about this and chew on it a little and think back to David's time. David was the King of Israel, he was hated, persecuted and faced his share of family drama and the ramifications of his sinful actions. He was going through some real heavy duty stuff. if he was able to turn away from all this and find hope in the Lord, then so can i. God hasn't failed me yet, nor will he ever if i'm faithful to him as well, right?
i don't mean to sound like a "holier-than-thou" type of person because i know that at times, it is hard for be to remember that i have to trust God for everything. in the spur of the moment, our instinct is to fix it ourselves or to freak out! but i know that i'm going to try my hardest to take a minute and go in search of the Lord for answers and not to take things into my own hands.
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