Psalm 27:7-14 “Hear, LORD, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me. When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, LORD.” Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. Teach me your way, LORD. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies. Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty. I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.”

David has people lying about him and acting against him. They desire to do him harm. David cries out to God, seeks God’s face, appeals to God as his master, and asks God to guide him in straight paths so that his adversaries have nothing to charge him with. David trusts that God will ultimately vindicate him, and reminds himself to be strong and courageous as he waits for Him.

We go through difficult times in life. Sometimes God removes those times, and sometimes he doesn’t. But we should always seek Him, cry out to Him, recognize His Lordship in our lives, and endeavor to live for Him. We trust and we wait, knowing that, even if we don’t get the result we want, we still experience God’s goodness through His presence, His guidance, His strength, and His hope.

For additional worship: What a Friend We Have in Jesus | Reawaken Hymns