Preach to Your Soul

I love King David as a model for prayer. All throughout the Psalms you encounter his raw and real heart before the Lord. He never shies away from his internal turmoil and despondency. Yet he always seemed to remind himself of God’s goodness and faithfulness. In essence, David always seemed to preach to himself and not listen to himself. 
 
This is such a powerful truth that can set us free today. “Stop listening to me and start preaching to me!” Psalm 42:11 says, Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
 
Over and over, you encounter David preaching to himself and urging his soul to not grow faint and downcast. I think it’s easy in life to get discouraged and downcast. Yet I want to encourage you this week, preach to yourself! Preach about God’s goodness, faithfulness and steadfast love for us. Say to your soul, “I know what you are experiencing and feeling but I will preach to you about the voice of truth because the voice of truth tells me a different story.“
 
Make the choice today, preach to your soul!