The Vault Devotions

Find a quiet place and take time to relax

• Pray that God will open your eyes and your heart.  
• Take time to thank God for all the blessings he has given you.  

Psalm 6 (ESV)

O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.  My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O Lord—how long?

Turn, O Lord, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love.For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?

I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears;

I drench my couch with my weeping.My eye wastes away because of grief;
it grows weak because of all my foes.

Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer.All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

Depression engulfs us.  If you have never been depressed count your blessings because its exhausting.  You feel unhappy and that you are about to burst in tears at any moment.  Sometimes you get so tired that all you want to do is lay in bed and cry.  Depression can come from anywhere from something serious to something trivial.  

David was depressed because of things were out of control in his life.  In the midst of his depression he lifts up a cry for help.  

Mediate 

• Have you felt like life is out of control?  
• Did you cry out to God in your tears?  
• Take a moment to thank God if life is going well and if life is exhausting right now give it to God.  

Prayer

Glory be to the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.  As it was in the beginning, is now and forever will be for eternity.