A Surefire Cure For the Blues
I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. Psalm 9:1-2
There are times when it seems that things are just not going right. We get stressed out about a project at work not going as planned. We worry about our health, our kids, our finances. We get troubled by our current culture, politics, and how well, or not so well, our neighbor keeps his lawn. And the list goes on. There are many things that can actively rob us of not only happiness but joy if we allow it. And how this happens is we allow these things to consume us to the point of feeling weak and weary.
But there is a way to combat this and the psalmist in Psalm 9:1-2 gives us the remedy in three practical ways. The first is to give thanks to God with your whole heart. Interestingly, David tells us to give thanks with our whole heart. We often cast short and half-hearted thanks to God for things but we are told here to give thanks wholeheartedly. This means that we need to be deliberate about being thankful to God. We need to really consider how thankful we should be to God for who He is and what He continually does. Half-hearted thanks are really no thanks at all.
The second way is to recount all of God’s wonderful deeds. One of the greatest ways we can be robbed of happiness and joy is to either forget or be oblivious to all of the amazing things God has, is, and has promised to do. How often do you take time to consider how God has been so good to you? He has given you the ability to have a job, have a family, have great friends, and have been born in an amazing place. He gives you the ability to laugh and enjoy a good meal, not to mention, that He has loved you so deeply that He sent His Son to redeem you forever! Maybe take some time today and begin making a list of all of His wonderful deeds.
The third way is to simply worship the Lord. David mentions this last here because it is the culmination of committing his whole heart to thank God and considering the fullness of God’s kindness. The psalm instructs us to allow this thankfulness to spill over into the action of worship. There is something about worshipping God that is so good for the weary soul. I believe that when we worship it helps us fight against self-righteousness which brings us down. It focuses our attention off of the god of me and directs our affections and our hope upon the One that brings true and everlasting joy.
When we feel weary and troubled let us run to the Lord with our whole heart, recount His wonderful deeds, and worship Him. It is a surefire way to combat the blues.
There are times when it seems that things are just not going right. We get stressed out about a project at work not going as planned. We worry about our health, our kids, our finances. We get troubled by our current culture, politics, and how well, or not so well, our neighbor keeps his lawn. And the list goes on. There are many things that can actively rob us of not only happiness but joy if we allow it. And how this happens is we allow these things to consume us to the point of feeling weak and weary.
But there is a way to combat this and the psalmist in Psalm 9:1-2 gives us the remedy in three practical ways. The first is to give thanks to God with your whole heart. Interestingly, David tells us to give thanks with our whole heart. We often cast short and half-hearted thanks to God for things but we are told here to give thanks wholeheartedly. This means that we need to be deliberate about being thankful to God. We need to really consider how thankful we should be to God for who He is and what He continually does. Half-hearted thanks are really no thanks at all.
The second way is to recount all of God’s wonderful deeds. One of the greatest ways we can be robbed of happiness and joy is to either forget or be oblivious to all of the amazing things God has, is, and has promised to do. How often do you take time to consider how God has been so good to you? He has given you the ability to have a job, have a family, have great friends, and have been born in an amazing place. He gives you the ability to laugh and enjoy a good meal, not to mention, that He has loved you so deeply that He sent His Son to redeem you forever! Maybe take some time today and begin making a list of all of His wonderful deeds.
The third way is to simply worship the Lord. David mentions this last here because it is the culmination of committing his whole heart to thank God and considering the fullness of God’s kindness. The psalm instructs us to allow this thankfulness to spill over into the action of worship. There is something about worshipping God that is so good for the weary soul. I believe that when we worship it helps us fight against self-righteousness which brings us down. It focuses our attention off of the god of me and directs our affections and our hope upon the One that brings true and everlasting joy.
When we feel weary and troubled let us run to the Lord with our whole heart, recount His wonderful deeds, and worship Him. It is a surefire way to combat the blues.
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