Why are you so downcast my soul?

Tuesday, 07 October 2008

Why are you so downcast my soul?
All right, if all of you are observer enough then you should know my msn personal message was ,” Why are you downcast, O my soul?”. Indeed lately this is how I feel. Guess I should not even tell it here. But I did. Gosh. Okay this little personal message is taken form psalm 42. I totally had forgotten about it. Honestly I do forget. Anyway, since it is from psalm 42 so I though why not I read it? So I did.
1 As the deer pants for streams of water,
       so my soul pants for you, O 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 men 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 with the multitude,
       leading the procession to the house of God,
       with shouts of joy and thanksgiving
       among the festive throng.
5 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
       Why so disturbed within me?
       Put your hope in God,
       for I will yet praise him,
       my Savior and 6 my God.
       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.
9 I say to God my Rock,
       "Why have you forgotten me?
       Why must I go about mourning,
       oppressed by the enemy?"
10 My bones suffer mortal agony
       as my foes taunt me,
       saying to me all day long,
       "Where is your God?"
11 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
       Why so disturbed within me?
       Put your hope in God,
       for I will yet praise him,
       my Savior and my God.
Look, as I said I totally forget about this psalm and as I read I was reminded about a song that flows like, “as the deer pants for the water so my souls longing after you, you alone are my heart’s desire and I long to worship you, you alone are my strength and my shield, to you alone may my spirit yield, you alone are my heart’s desire and I long to worship you.”
Yes, indeed my soul is downcast. Yes I am so disturbed within me. But here the bible says. Put your hope in God for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God. Amen! Well yes I believe it is God who reminds me that I should put my hope in him and not in other things or people around me. I thank god once again for speaking to me. Verse 4 really sound like me as in I do feel exactly the same. I remembered how I used to have a great Faith in God. How I out my hope in God. How I use to go forth for God. How is my great passion for God. How I shout and sing praises to Him no matter how I feel. But now, my soul is just so downcast. Look at verse 8 indeed by day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me
a prayer to the God of my life. This is the perfect verse for me. Amen. Amen!
As I read this psalm here I was very much be reminded a verse in Matthew 11:28-30, come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
Indeed many a times, in fact it might be now I am much burdened up but here God says, come to me all you who are weary and burdened. He will indeed give us rest. Amen Thank You Lord for your promise that in You I can find rest for Your yoke is easy and Your burden is light. Amen!! Lord, teach me O Lord to be submissive to You.
Lord there are many things in life I want to just surrender to You but, I often just take back after surrendering at the altar. I tried to just let it be. Yes, I did but how long more I can just let it be? I doubt. I really doubt. Thank You Lord for Your blessings upon me day and night, I truly appreciate it. Thank You once again for everything. I love You Lord. Yes I do!
To all my brothers and sisters in Christ, if you have the same feeling as me now do seek God and read again this psalm. It’s helps. I know it takes time to recover from the downcast of a soul. Me too. How can God moves in us when we do not submit ourselves to Him?