When Life Doesn't Make Sense

Psalm (NLT) 42:1 As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. 2 I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him? 3 Day and night I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, “Where is this God of yours?” 4 My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration! 5 Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and 6 my God! Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember you— even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar. 7 I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me. 8 But each day the LORD pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life. 9 “O God my rock,” I cry, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I wander around in grief, oppressed by my enemies?” 10 Their taunts break my bones. They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?” 11 Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God!

Sometimes… life just doesn’t make sense. You are going along just great and then something happens to shatters your world. You feel as if you’re the only person going through that difficulty and that no one else understands. Even God seems to be distant and far away. David felt like this. He had questions about life and about God. He had to dig deep into his belief systems and values about what he had been taught about God in the past. He reminded himself that God hadn’t left him and that God was not going to leave him or abandon him. He put what little hope he had into God and His ability to put things back into place. He knew that although He didn’t see the answers – God would not fail him. He knew that God would be victorious and that he would give praise to God. Its at time like these that we all need to stay God-centered and place our hope and our focus on who God is and what He’s doing in our lives. God will take care of His kids!