Psalm 13 - Sorrow, Prayer, Joy
This lesson was taught on Sunday morning, 08-10-2008.
Sometimes it seems the Lord is far away and you can’t feel his presence. It seems like he has abandoned you just at the moment when you need him most. David felt that way and wrote about it in the Psalms.
In Psalm 13 we’ll look at the journey from sorrow and desolation, to joy and rejoicing. The hinge between the two, we’ll see, is prayer.
The Psalm can be divided into 3 parts which Spurgeon has labeled
the question of anxiety, 1, 2; the cry of prayer, 3, 4; the song of faith, 5, 6. ¹
Taking verses one and two let’s look at “the question of anxiety.” What is meant, is the question we ask of God while suffering from anxiety. Do you know the question? It is in the text four times.
How long?
That is the question. Have you ever felt that way toward God? Just asking him “How long will I have to suffer through this? How long till I’m out from under my parent’s authority? How long till…?” › Continue reading
