And I said, “This is my anguish;
But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.”
I will remember the works of the Lord;
Surely I will remember Your wonders of old.
I will also meditate on all Your work,
And talk of Your deeds.
Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary;
Who is so great a God as our God?
You are the God who does wonders;
You have declared Your strength among the peoples.
You have with Your arm redeemed Your people,
--Psalm 77:10-15a
Psalm 77 is an antidote for depression. In verses 1-9 David is pretty locked in by his own misery. Even when he thought about God he was bitter...but then in verse 10 his mood begins to reverse. He purposes in his heart to meditate on God's tender mercies to him in the past. He remembers all the things that the Lord had accomplished..all the deliverances that He effected. He recalls the years of the right hand of His God when His strength and power encompassed him and he begins to rejoice! Nothing in David's situation had changed except his own outlook. Therein lies the application for us. Sometimes to grieve is our lot...sometimes God puts us in a very tight place...our job is to wait on Him and meditate on who HE IS rather than our circumstances. God is the ruler of events and much of what He does in our lives now will not be understood this side of heaven. Change belongs to the right hand of God who not only does all things well, but for our good and His glory. The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. I am His...and He is good. Rejoicing today in His salvation...my joy is in Him!
Psalm 116:12-13 says this:
What shall I render to the Lord
For all His benefits toward me?
I will take up the cup of salvation,
And call upon the name of the Lord.
