Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again, my Savior and my God! Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember you” (NLT).
There’s no doubt we have a lot in our world today to be discouraged about. But Psalm 42 reminds us to both praise God and remember what he has done in our lives when we’re down.
The world is looking for hope. As Jesus-followers, we know the only real source of hope. That’s why worship is so energizing. It takes your eyes off of your troubles and puts them on Jesus.
As Christians, we build many important spiritual habits into our lives, including prayer, Bible reading, gratitude, and so on. All of them will play a critical role in our spiritual journeys.
But we must not forget the habit of praising God. Go ahead and give Him praise like never before.
Shalom!