“Oh My Soul”: Why am I depressed? Hope in God – Psalm 43:5

This is Namma for Christ with the one hundred eighteenth inspirational message dated Thursday, August 10th, 2017.
The title of this message is “Oh My Soul”: Why am I depressed? Hope in God – Psalm 43:5. The first three words of the title are also the title of the above anointed song/video (with lyrics) entitled, “Oh My Soul” as sung by the Christian group: Casting Crowns.  The scripture for this message comes from the Old Testament book of Psalms 43 - as taken from what David wrote in the 5^th verse of the 43^rd Psalm:

Psalm 43:5

New International Version (NIV)

⁵ 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.

 

During the first week of August (of 2017) was the first time I heard the above song, ”Oh My Soul” on my Christian radio station STAR 99.1FM by Casting Crowns.  I was so impressed by the passionate singing and the personal, tender-hearted lyrics of the song that I searched on Google to find the meaning behind the song.

I discovered that this song was written by one of the members of Casting Crowns, Mark Hall.  He wrote the lyrics of this song on the same night that he found out that he had cancer and that one of his kidneys had to be removed.  He remembered how the psalmist David had talked to himself during a difficult time and he remembered what David wrote in Psalm 43. 

Mark said, ”David was real about his praying! The psalmist David was sad, down and he may even had been depressed (for a moment)…but then he “REMEMBERED ABOUT THE GOD HE SERVED!” David started to “ENCOURAGE” himself in the Lord! He told himself, (paraphrasing): “OK…Now you know GOD got you! Don’t go by your feelings, right now…GO BACK TO WHAT YOU KNOW! Remember what you’ve been through…what you’ve written about before!  YOUR FEAR and YOUR FEELINGS have to FACE the GOD YOU KNOW! Take ONE DAY AT A TIME! You can follow GOD through a dark place and HE WILL BE WITH YOU on the other side!

These were the words that came to Mark Hall, which later became the lyrics to this great, inspirational song, “Oh My Soul”.

So, Christian believers – the next time that “you” feel sad, down or depressed over something YOU ARE GOING THROUGH…TAKE COMFORT in KNOWING THAT “GOD IS WITH YOU!”

PUT YOUR HOPE IN GOD - AND PRAISE HIM FOR BEING YOUR SAVIOR AND YOUR GOD!

Remember this verse from Psalm 43:5

New International Version (NIV)

⁵ 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.

and remember Hebrews 13:5 says: "Jesus will never leave you, nor forsake you."

Hebrews 13:5

New International Version (NIV)

⁵ Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”

 

Remember – Jesus Loves YOU and HE WANTS WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU!  He loves you SO MUCH – HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR YOU! (John 3:16)

John 3:16

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

 

Please listen and enjoy the above anointed song/video (with lyrics) entitled, “Oh My Soul” as sung by Casting Crowns.


 (I do not own the rights to this song.)


BE BLESSED!