David, the king of Israel, is someone we look to in the Bible as a "Godly man," someone who is a model of loving like God. Yet David had is fair share of worldly problems, and wasn't always close to God. He saw a lot of heartache and fell into a deep depression when he was being hunted by Saul. Saul wanted to kill David, so David fled. Then as Saul got closer to David, he would be forced to flee again. The poor guy is getting chased everywhere and takes refuge in a cave. I would assume he had a lot of time to devote to prayer and meditation while in solitude.
David was an author of 73 of the psalms. Some psalms are joyous and uplifting of praises and thanksgiving to God, others express deep emotions about some of the author's most rock-bottom times. This morning I was lead to Psalms 69-71, written by David when he was obviously seeking freedom from a pit of depression. In Psalms 69 David is crying out to God to save him from the depression he is facing. He turns to God for deliverance because he knows God can raise him up, he's trusting in Him. As I read this my heart aches just imagining the amount of people who are sinking in a pit and who do not know Jesus as our Savior and Redeemer.
Throughout the Psalms, David goes from depressed to joyous, from hopeless to hopeful, from complaining about his current situation to relying on God to take lift him up. How many times do we flip flop between being happy to sad, from being motivated to lazy, from being lifted up to sinking in a pit. David is every bit human yet parts of his story exude God. David had God in his heart and let God be in control, he knew God would not give him more than he could handle so he trusted and waited on God.
When we are in times of depression, sorrow, grief, despair we are to turn to God for redemption, salvation and healing. God can clean any wound, heal any scar, and strengthen your spirit no matter what your past. Because "What is impossible with man is possible with God." Luke 18:27
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