Worshipping with questions

Worshipping with questions

Bible: Psalm 13

Reading

I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation (V.5).

“Are we nearly there yet?” I used to hate long drives. I’d always yell that out from the back of the car, even if it had only been five minutes since I last asked! But it’s not just on long journeys that we ask this kind of question. We feel like yelling “Are we nearly there yet?” to God when things are hard and we’re trying to get through difficult problems. Am I nearly at the end of this mess? When are You going to step in and answer me? This was the case for David in Psalm 13. Four times in two verses, David—who felt forgotten, alone and defeated—cried out “How long?” “How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?” (PSALM 13:1). Psalms like this one seem to give us permission to come to God with questions of our own, even in our times of praise and worship. After all, what better person to talk to during stressful times than God? We can bring our struggles with illness, school, exams, friends and family to Him. Worshipping God doesn’t stop when we have questions. The all powerful God of heaven wants and welcomes us to bring our big questions to Him. And when we do, it’s another form of worship—it shows we respect,
love and trust Him enough to want to talk things over with Him. And perhaps like David, in time, our questions will be transformed into deeper trust and praise (VV.3-6).

GOD HEARS AND WELCOMES OUR PRAISE
AND OUR QUESTIONS.

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