Are you feeling despondent today? Don’t stay in this attitude any longer. Encourage yourself in the Lord.
I think of a situation David faced that I am sure was worse than you are facing now. David and his men came back from a battle to find their city burned with fire and ALL their wives and children taken captive! They wept until they had no more power to weep! But, then all the men were so grieved they talked of stoning David.
In his desperation, what did David do? 1 Samuel 30:6 says, “But David ENCOURAGED HIMSELF IN THE LORD HIS GOD.” He STRENGTHENED his trust in God. He acknowledged that God was in control. As he looked to the Lord and confessed his trust in God, God showed him what to do.
We will never hear an answer to our problem when we think of nothing but the troubles. It is when we take our eyes off the situation and put them on the Lord that He can then speak to us. Read the whole of 1 Samuel 30 to see how God gave David the answer and how they were able to recover everyone and everything they lost.
You may not have anyone else to encourage you, but you can encourage yourself in the Lord. Speak to your soul to hope in God just as the psalmist did, “Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? HOPE IN GOD” (Psalm 42:5, 11; 43:5).
Love from Nancy