Pastor YC "Psalm 79: How Deep is Our Faith?"

• Their place of worship is defiled, their unshakeable city is destroyed (v1)
• The scavengers are eating up the dead because there is no proper burial (v2)
• There is bloodshed and killing all over the city (v3)
• The neighbouring countries mock them (v4)

The psalmist's response reflected the depth of his faith. In all these times, he cries out not because of fear, but because of faith.

• "How long" (v5) - He says it with a certainty that God will respond, it's just a matter of "when"
• "Pour out..." (v6,7) - He cries out for God to hasten his response. It's not a question of whether God will respond, it was about when
• "Do not hold against us..." (v8) - He appeals to the mercy of God, assuming it is there

No everyone who prays to God does so in faith. In fact, even in my own life, many times I pray out of fear, or even faithlessness - being insecure about whether God will come true in difficult times.

Ps 79 reveals the state of the psalmist's heart, even in what seems like laments.

Today I realised that in the past 2 days, I've been a bit down, thinking about posssibly negative things in my life. I realise it's time to get out of operating in the flesh and returning to see in the Spirit.