When we’re in a season similar to David, we need to recognize that doubt is allowing what we feel to prevent us from seeing what we know. If you’re in a season of feeling under-provided for, think back on the ways God has met your needs. If you’re dealing with the fear of a diagnosis or the unknown, take time to recall the way he’s been your protector. If you’re wrestling with anxiety, lean into the ways he’s proven the goodness of his plan in your life.
Worship (v. 6)
David ends Psalm 13 with a powerful crescendo: “I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.” He allows what he knows to be true about God to move him to a place of worship. From what we can read, there hadn’t been a resolution to the needs and requests David had brought to the Lord. But even in the midst of those needs, he chooses to recognize that God has been good to him.
The ESV says that the Lord has “dealt bountifully with me.” Not only has he been good, but he’s given an overabundance of love, grace, mercy, forgiveness, and provision to all of us. While it may be a challenge based on our circumstances and even feel unnatural because of how we feel, we have much to thank God for. Shifting our hearts to worship in seasons of doubt won’t “fix” our needs, but it will realign our perspectives. More often than not, it can reveal that our hope had been in a solution rather than the one who has been in control the whole time.
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