What should you do when you feel like God has forgotten you?
Sing.
That might seem like a silly answer, an unreasonable response to difficult times.
But that’s what David did...
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Psalms 13:1-2
How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
How long must I take counsel in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
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Even David had times where he felt that God had forgotten him.
He went through moments where the only thing he could think to do was cry out - “How long?”
How long, God? How much more of this do I have to take? My knees are shaking. I’m losing my grip. I don’t know if I can make it much longer.
Where are you, God?
So what did David do?
He sang.
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Psalms 13:6
I will sing to the Lord,
because he has dealt bountifully with me.
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In the end, though David panicked, though he felt weak, though he questioned.
In the end, David knew that God would be faithful.
He knew that God’s love was steadfast. That God would save him. That he had not been forgotten.
So David sang.
And he wrote a song to remind us to sing in the dark.
And notice he didn’t sing when the difficult time was over.
He sang during the difficult time.
He sang in hope. He sang in confidence.
He looked to his past blessings to craft a song for his present distress.
Are you going through a difficult time? Do you feel forgotten by God?
Maybe what you need to do is sing.
Look back at all the blessings that God has lavished upon your life.
And find in those blessings a song.
Christians, let’s sing...even in the dark.