It sounds like a terrible place to be but Giglio said it’s only when we get to the bottom that we start to talk to God differently. A person at the bottom is also open to other people and more vulnerable to God’s leading.
The second factor for Giglio was worship. Through it he realized the power to shift focus away from himself and to the faithfulness of God. Even if God’s faithfulness is not affirmed, focusing on it reorders our thinking and the atmosphere.
Comforting Words from Louie Giglio
If you’re suffering through a season of depression and anxiety, you are not alone. “To think any of us will live free of these pits is unrealistic” Giglio said, adding that after he started talking about his struggles he found a lot of pastors were enduring emotions similar to his. “I thought I was insane, all alone, the only one who’s gone through this. We need to talk about this out loud because the shroud breaker is knowing we aren’t alone and God can bring us through it.”
Giglio leans on Paul’s comeback in 2 Timothy 4:7, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”
Giglio wonders if Paul didn’t fight his own demons of depression and anxiety and perhaps even “wanted to jettison it all.” But in the end Paul found success in continuing to preach the gospel and not losing hope in his faith.