In the Day of My Trouble I Seek the Lord: Psalm 77-Supplication through the Scriptures
In the Day of My Trouble I Seek the Lord Psalm 77 “I just can’t take it anymore.” Have you ever wept those words? Have you been in a situation that feels hopeless or life keeps stacking more and more on you and you are exhausted and your spirit is feeling crushed? The pressure from outside you and the weariness from within you combine to leave you feeling like you can’t bear up under the weight any longer. You are overwhelmed with the circumstances of your life. What do you do in those moments when your feelings seem supreme and they affect your thinking? In Psalm 77, we see the psalmist overwhelmed by his trouble. He asks hard questions like, “Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable?” He’s feeling weak and angry, disappointed and sleepless. But at the end of his psalm, his confidence in the Lord has been renewed and he is hopeful once again. How did he move from distress to hope? We will walk through section by section so that today when our own thoughts and fee...