# 33 2018 Dev. Ps. 42: 5. “Hope in God”! Read all of Ps.42,43. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw Gremar and I closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Psalm 42:5 “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.”
Ps. 42-45 is the introduction to book II of the psalter. Ps. 42 and 43 are taken together since they appear to have been together at one time. There is no mention of sin as in the section (Ps. 38,39,40,41) before this one. However, the psalmist is majorly depressed; though he thirsts for God and longs for God, he is not found in the places God was found before. Of course God is there, always was and always will be with His people. The Psalmist is in a state of mind that keeps God at a distance but he desires the intimate relationship he remembers from the past. Yet, in the depth of his depression, faith calls out: “By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life”.
We all at one time or another identify with Ps. 42,43. Life is overwhelming at those times; there is loss, a child, a beloved father or mother, major rejection, divorce perhaps, it makes no sense to us. Why God have you forsaken us! There are no clear cut answers. At such times we reach into our hearts, into the place where the Holy Spirit moves us to reach for our faith. We pray along with the Psalmist, Ps. 43:3 “Send me your light and your faithful care let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell”.
God send us your light, your Word applied by the Holy Spirit. We Pray Lord Jesus that we do not allow the world, or their laws to tamper with your Word, clouding your Light in our minds. God send us your faithful care, help us to remember your promises, your faithfulness and your care for us over the many years you have given us to serve you and worship you in all of our life. At such time we thirst for, and long for, your love to comfort, uphold and take us where we can see you and hear you again. We continue to ask God Why? God answers; “Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” (Ps. 43:5)
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