Week 4 Poetry – Constructing Your Psalm (March 15)
STUDY
Read Psalm 13
Take note of the last two verses. David is expressing frustration and struggling with why God is not acting, yet he writes that he will trust God anyway.
IMMERSE
Let’s try putting some rough notes together for our personal Psalm and then tomorrow we will finish it off. First the section on thankfulness. Here are some suggestions where you can “rough in” some ideas:
- Lord I will praise You, for You have (or are)…
- I will be filled with joy because You have (or are)…
- I trust in You because…
- I will sing to the Lord, for He has…
- Give thanks to the Lord, for He rescued me when…
Now the section on concern. Here are some suggestions to get you started:
- Help, O Lord, for…
- I have followed Your commands, but…
- Why have You not answered my prayer for…
- Every day I call to You but…
And now for the last section, when we remember what we are thankful for, and despite our concerns and frustrations, we choose to trust in God. Here are some suggestions (or if you have difficulty, feel free to quote the end of Psalm 13 or put it in your own words):
- But I trust in Your unfailing love…
- But I know the Lord is always with me…
- You will not abandon me…
- But I will praise You for I know…
- Yet I am confident I will see the Lord’s goodness…
- Yet I will wait patiently for the Lord, for He has…