Speak To Your Soul

⁴ I remember this as I pour out my heart: how I walked with many, leading the festive procession to the house of God, with joyful and thankful shouts. ⁵ Why, my soul, are you so dejected? Why are you in such turmoil? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him, my Savior and my God. ⁶ I am deeply depressed; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. ⁷ Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your billows have swept over me. ⁸ The Lord will send his faithful love by day; his song will be with me in the night — a prayer to the God of my life. ⁹ I will say to God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?” ¹⁰ My adversaries taunt me, as if crushing my bones, while all day long they say to me, “Where is your God?” ¹¹ Why, my soul, are you so dejected? Why are you in such turmoil? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him, my Savior and my God. ~ Psalms 42:4-11^CSB

David wasn’t a man without strife or hardship. He had enemies that came for him. His own men turned against him at one point. David had many (earthly) justifiable opportunities to give up and allow depression to consume him, but he didn’t. David always overcame. How? He rooted himself in the LORD.

At times, David had every right to feel sorry for himself, but he never did. He refused to allow depression to whisper in his ears. He didn’t allow his thoughts to become corrupted by pain or hurt. No. When depression came for David, David spoke to his soul. He spoke to himself. He encouraged himself in the LORD.

Too often today, we give up the battle and call in defeat without even a fight. We throw in the towel and just accept our fate without even fighting back. Why? Because we listen to the lies of the enemy instead of the promises of the LORD. The LORD promises victory, overcoming, joy, peace, prosperity, success, and much more. We can’t allow the enemy to bombard our thoughts with lies and corrupt our emotions. We must speak to our soul and encourage ourselves in the LORD as David did, lest we be consumed by the attacks of the enemy and miss out on fulfilling our God-given purposes.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Speak To Your Soul.

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