Psalm 74:2-10. When The Darkness Seems Overpowering

These verses stood out:

2 Remember the nation you purchased long ago,
    the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed—
    Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
3 Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,
    all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

4 Your foes roared in the place where you met with us;
    they set up their standards as signs.
5 They behaved like men wielding axes
    to cut through a thicket of trees.
6 They smashed all the carved paneling
    with their axes and hatchets.
7 They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
    they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
8 They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely!”
    They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.

9 We are given no signs from God;
    no prophets are left,
    and none of us knows how long this will be.
10 How long will the enemy mock you, God?
    Will the foe revile your name forever?

My prayer: Lord, please raise up voices who speak Your truth, not a slightly altered truth that caters to cultural trends or favors modern philosophies. The broad path that Jesus described is full of people-pleasers. I cry out for God-pleasers – those who speak the words of Christ, His bold declarations about Himself and the nature of the Father – to rise up and speak light into the pitch black night.

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