Psalm 119:81-88 “My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word. My eyes fail for your word. I say, ‘When will you comfort me?’ For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes. How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgement on those who persecute me? The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law. All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me! They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts. Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.”

The Israelites had a reoccurring problem. They would worship God until it seemed like they weren’t getting anything out of it. Then they would turn to idolatry to find a more accommodating God!

Exodus 32:1 “When the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, ‘Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’ ”

Here the Psalmist reminds us that we don’t just give up on God and His Word when things aren’t going well. In fact, that is precisely when we need to worship and follow Him the most!

Question: Do you search God’s Word so much that your eyes “faint” from exhaustion?

For additional worship: More Precious Than Gold (Acappella)