S. Psalm 13:2, 5
How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
3 Look on me and answer, Lord my God.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
5 But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
6 I will sing the Lord’s praise,
for he has been good to me.
O. David struggled with a “busy mind.” He had many things on his mind that depressed him. (my term depressed, he was certainly sad, down, could not seem to sleep, etc.) He made a choice though to focus on his faith in the Lord, to think about God’s love for him and all that God had done for him.
A. When we find ourselves with so many thoughts that keep us awake or cause anxiety within us as well as other physical/mental manifestations, the key to overcoming these is to focus on our faith in the Lord., that is to trust God, to give Him our problems and to be reflectively thankful for all He has done for us. I heard it said that “while it’s good to tell God about our problems, it might even be better to also tell our problems about our God.”
P. Thank you Father for your unfailing love and for all the blessings you have given me. Holy Spirit, fill me and guide me to hold fast all that the Lord has done for me and to literally tell my problems about the greatness and faithfulness of my God, His goodness and working in my life.”
