The Psalms don’t leave us detached from everyday life. Instead, they root us in the realities of the here-and-now, and enable us to cry out to God in our weakness, fears, and sins. The words to this next song come to us from Psalm 3, where the psalmist cries:
O LORD, how many are my foes!
How many rise up against me!
Many are saying of me,
“God will not deliver him.”
But you are a shield around me, O LORD;
you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.
To the LORD I cry aloud,
and he answers me from his holy hill.
Before we begin singing it, let’s pause, and allow God to bring to mind the challenges we face. What are your fears? What overwhelms you? What robs you of sleep? Let’s not shut those things out of our worship, but bring them boldly before our God and cry out for help.
As used by Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, Ky on February 7th, 2010
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