Psalm 13:1-6

¹ How long, O LORD ? Will you forget me forever?
       How long will you hide your face from me?

 ² How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
       and every day have sorrow in my heart?
       How long will my enemy triumph over me?

 ³ Look on me and answer, O LORD my God.
       Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;

 ⁴ my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
       and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

 ⁵ But I trust in your unfailing love;
       my heart rejoices in your salvation.

 ⁶ I will sing to the LORD,
       for he has been good to me.

I love the fact that David flat out asked God, “where are you and when are you coming to my rescue?” We serve a God that is not afraid for us to be real with him. As a matter of fact, I think that is what he prefers.

The most important part of this Psalm is not that David asked, “why?” It is the fact that after he pours out his heart, David acknowledges that no matter what he is facing right now…God has been good to him and will come through in the end!

Are you giving more energy to the “why?’ or to the knowledge that God is faithful?