Some of you have experienced this deep groaning at one point in your life. Some have not. For those that have, it is during these times the enemy loves to whisper that God is angry with you. The reality, however, is that a much deeper work is taking place inside you.
It has been said that in order for God to use someone greatly, he [or she] needs to first be broken greatly. God works best through broken vessels.
David wrote Psalm 6 at a time when he was surrounded by his enemies, consumed by an inner groaning and a deep grief:
“O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath. Be gracious to me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O Lord – how long? Turn, O Lord, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love. For in death there is no rememberence of you; in Sheol who will give you praise? I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping. My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes. Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping. The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer. All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment” (ESV).
David felt weak and powerless to do anything about his enemies, and in some measure he began to feel God was displeased with Him. This is satan’s most potent tactics against the righteous.
I have experienced the importance of worship during spiritual warfare. What I love about worship is it gets my eyes completely fixed on Jesus. We, as children of God, can declare victory before the battle has even ended. This is because Jesus has won victory over death when he rose from the grave.
