Thurs., 4/30/20 Devotion (Ps. 42:6)

Today's encouragement comes from Psalm 42:6, where we read these words:

"O my God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore I will remember You from the land of the Jordan, and from the heights of Hermon, from the Hill Mizar."

Are our souls "cast down" within us today? If so, we are in good company. The psalmists often expressed this very same feeling. Even our blessed Lord Jesus Christ Himself experienced it, (cf. Matt. 26:38). What are our options, when this happens to us?: 1) Give up, (not a good one); or 2) Take a fresh look at God in and through our Lord Jesus Christ, (the right one).

If we can "remember" God's former mercies to us, in the midst of our present struggles—we will be much-helped. Let us never despair. Instead, let us keep on trusting in the Lord.

[Puritan quote of the day: "Humility is a duty pleasing to God; pride is a sin pleasing to the devil—(Isa. 57:15; 1 Tim. 3:6).” —Thomas Boston, in, "The Crook in the Lot"]