"Why are you cast down, my soul, why groan within me? Hope in God; I will praise him still, my savior and my God." - Psalm 42:5-6
It is easy to praise God when we are feeling good and in a good mood. It can be difficult, though, to give him thanks when we are sad and in a bad mood. In the above passage, the psalmist was depressed, yet he still praised God for being his savior and God. The truth is, God's goodness to us is not conditioned on how we feel; so that, if we feel good, then his goodness is upon us; but if we do not feel good, then his goodness is not upon us. God's goodness to us is a fact whether we feel it or not. The psalmist understood this.
Let us, by God's grace, force ourselves, as it were, to worship God when our souls are not cast down and when they are.
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