Summer Playlist, July 16

Summer Playlist Vol 2: Seeking God Through Despair

July 16, 2023

Seeking God Through Despair

Heman the Ezrahite

Whatever needed to fit: Psalm 88 text NIV

Seeking through Distress

• Saves 

• Salvation, Deliverer, Victory

• Providing General Welfare

• Cry 

• Vs 1: A Directional Cry

• Vs 2: A Descending Ambiguous Moan

Seeking Through Abandonment

• Death 

• Literal: Sheol, Hell, The Underworld

• Figurative: The place without of the praise of God

• Pit

• Cistern/Well

• What once was meant for good/quenching of thirst, is now a place of bondage

Seeking Through Grief

• Darkest Depths:

• Lowered into the chaos of the sea

• Yada

• A deep, personal knowing

• The people that know you best

Seeking Through Questions

• Questions provide

• Understanding

• Courage

• Reminders

Seeking Through Darkness

Sometimes we feel trapped by our circumstances. I’m too depressed, I’m too anxious, I’m too dark, I’m too mournful, my past is too grim. God lets us know through Psalm 88 that we can and must lift those cries to Him. Jesus is inviting us to not conquer our darkness, but to call it out.