Remember God When You Are Overwhelmed

Note from today’s Bible reading: Psalm 56; 120; 140-142; 1 Samuel 25-27

David faced many hardships in his life, yet he knew where to turn. He wrote, “I cry aloud with my voice to the Lord; I make supplication with my voice to the Lord. I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my trouble before Him” (Psalm 142:1-2).

However, when hardships become more difficult, there is a temptation to forget the Lord, even though that is the point at which we need to remember Him the most. David recognized this: “When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, You knew my path” (Psalm 142:3). He knew that God was with him when his troubles seemed like they were too much to bear.

David continued, “I cried out to You, O Lord; I said, ‘You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living” (Psalm 142:5). He knew that his opponents were “too strong for [him]” (Psalm 142:6), and without the Lord, he would have no hope. We need to have this same faith today.

So remember God when you are overwhelmed. He has promised that He will never desert or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). When life gets difficult, and we do not know where to turn, we must turn to the Lord.