With Shouts Of
Joy And Praise
As
the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I
go and meet with God? My tears have been my food day and night, while people
say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” 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.
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.
My soul is downcast
within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the
By day the LORD
directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
I say to God my Rock,
“Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the
enemy?” My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day
long, “Where is your God?”
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.
Psalm
42:1-11
So often we focus on small
disappointments that cause us to grumble and complain rather than focusing on
the wonderful things God has brought into our lives, not the least of which is
His everlasting love and eternal salvation.
It may be difficult to be
grateful when we lose our job or our health fails, but we can be thankful for
the good that God has brought to us in this life and grateful for the life to
come.
Instead of
being preoccupied with our problems, let’s praise the Lord for His blessings.
Our Daily Bread –