We hold our breath while deep in our soul we may be crying out to God, “Where are you God? When will it end?”
For all those times when we feel like we are holding our breath while our soul cries out, we need Psalm 77: an invitation to bring our laments to God, to remember God’s faithfulness, and give thanks for all that is good.
A part of a series on wisdom for worship leaders, this article focuses on finding the balance between planning worship ahead of time and leaving room for the Spirit’s prompting during worship.
The psalmist’s encouragement to lean into hope is not wishful thinking based on some abstract concept but arises out of past experiences. God was faithful in the past; there is nothing to suggest God isn’t faithful in the present or won’t be in the future. The doubt, the questioning, the struggle, arise out of the context of a deep faith.
This is why it is so important to retell the stories of God’s faithfulness, to bear testimony of God’s greatness. It is even more important to tell those stories during difficult times. “These things I remember…” Such testimonies become songs in the night.
