-June 16, 2025-
Good morning beloved, happy Monday,
“I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.”
(Psalm 27:13).
David, the writer of Psalm 27, was on the brink of losing heart until he believed and trusted in the goodness of Lord. He knew the truth as evidenced by verse one of this psalm, “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”
Why then did David say, “I would have lost heart? He expressed it because he was under intense pressure from the circumstances he was facing. Is it possible for a believer in Christ to lose heart—yes it is. We must not only know the truth, but stand firm on it like a rock.
The definition of “to lose heart” is, “to begin to feel that one cannot do something that one has been trying to do: to become discouraged.” It is akin to losing hope, giving up, and quitting.
Someone once said, “They never lost hope, even in the face of adversity.” Luke 18:1 says, “Then He spoke a parable to them, that men ought always to pray and not lose heart.” Jesus showed us that prayer with persistence helps us make it through the most painful, intense, difficult trials.
We must turn our eyes off our circumstances and ourselves and place them on Jesus. The hymn writer Helen Lemuel wrote the hymn, “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus.” The first verse says, “O soul are weary and troubled? No light in the darkness you see? There’s light for a look at the Savior, and life more abundant and free.” The chorus says, “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.”
Let us then not lose heart but trust the Lord in the land of the living. Have a blessed day. Stay safe and healthy.
You can lose most anything, but you can’t lose heart for then you’ve lost everything.
Dean
Dean Allen's Daily Devotional 