![]() He will move you to sweet places and green pastures. He will lift your head out of the dirt and set you on your feet again. Even though you are broken by depression, the almighty God is your shield. He is standing over you, guarding you, protecting you, keeping watch over you. God is your shield when you are weak, helpless, and hopeless. He will put a new song in your mouth and set your feet upon the rock.įor more on this topic, the book Christians Get Depressed Too by David Murray is a great resource.īut you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head ( Psalm 3:3). Maybe not when you want or in the way you want, but he is your loving, merciful Father, and he can’t ignore the cries of his children. You can be sure that God will respond to your pleas for mercy. He takes no delight in the suffering of his people. He is not ignoring you and his heart breaks over your suffering. ![]() God hears your cries and sees your tears. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God ( Psalm 40:1-3). He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. I waited patiently for the Lord he inclined to me and heard my cry. Take heart, because God loves to sustain the weak. The reality is, you are weak – you’re just feeling it more acutely now. When you are weak, he will strengthen you. When you fall, he will uphold you with his righteous right hand. Good news! You don’t have to hold onto God because he is holding onto you. ![]() It's like you're weak and helpless, unable to do anything. In your depression, you feel like you can’t hang onto God. …fear not, for I am with you be not dismayed, for I am your God I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand ( Isaiah 41:10). You are his child, and like a dad clearing a path through the woods for his small child, so God is going ahead of you, clearing the way. Do not fear or be dismayed ( Deuteronomy 31:8).ĭon’t be dismayed because God is with you! Just as he swore to never desert the people of Israel, he will never leave you or forsake you because you are in Christ. He will be with you he will not leave you or forsake you. ![]()
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