SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOT TO TALK TO YOURSELF

Psalm 103:1-5 (NIV) ¹  Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. ²  Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits-- ³  who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, ⁴  who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, ⁵  who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Have you ever got down and needed a pep talk?  I know I have – many times.  The problem lies in the fact that sometimes there just isn’t anyone around to talk to.

In this Psalm David has to tell himself – “Praise The Lord!”  In the midst of our problems we need to give praise to God and learn to praise His name.  

Sometimes... we just  need to give ourselves a “pep” talk and talk to ourselves.

Notice that David reminds himself “and forget not all his benefits.”  We often forget to give thanks to God for all he has done.  We become enamored in our problems and we forget how God took care of us in the past.

We have a tendency to take things for granted and forget where our blessings actually come from.

Abraham Lincoln said, “We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us. Our supreme folly was that we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own.”

David was giving thanks to God for the personal blessings. He had been forgiven of all his iniquities. God had healed him from all his diseases. God had redeemed his life from destruction. God had crowned him with loving kindness and tender mercies.  God had satisfied his mouth with good things. And…God had renewed his strength as an eagle.

There is a passage of scripture that talks about David and all the problems he was having – his city had been burned and destroyed – his wives and children were taken captive. 

Notice how David felt and what he did…

1 Samuel 30:6 (NIV) 6  David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

“David found strength in the Lord his God.” One translations states that he “encouraged himself in the Lord.

Sometimes… there is no one around to talk to and you just need to talk to the Lord. 

Discouragement and hardships will come.  Sometimes there is no one who is capable or able to talk you through.  Sometimes words wouldn't help anyway. 

It is then that we learn the true source of our help – it is from the Lord.  Instead of calling everyone you know and speaking to those who will listen – why not just go to God first.  Crawl up on his lap and allow him to encourage you and give you the direction that you need. 

He is waiting for you.