Hope in the Psalms: Seeing Triumph Over Addiction in the Songs of DavidSample

When reading the Psalms of David, we see a similar theme often repeated: crying out in despair, beseeching God to help. In today’s psalm, we find David joyful, though, because he’s writing from the other side of that cry.

He’s writing from a place of victory.

“I cried to you for help,” he says in Psalm 30:2, “and you have healed me.”

“You have turned my mourning into dancing,” he says in verse 11. “You have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy.”

One wonders if David wrote this psalm hoping that, the next time he was feeling down and ready to cry out to God in despair, he would have a little something to remember this past victory.

Because we know we can trust God to hear us when we cry out to him in despair. When we are at our lowest, God hears.

You have probably already experienced this firsthand. Most people in recovery have. You were at the bottom, you cried out in despair, and God revealed a way out. That’s the path you’re currently traveling. It will have highs and lows, peaks and valleys, pits and level ground.

Wherever you are, never lose sight of the truth David talks about in today’s psalm: that God hears and God saves. God changes your funeral clothes for celebration apparel and accompanies you to the banquet in your honor.

You ARE victorious, whether you feel like it or not!