Our pastor, Dr. Jimmy Young, is currently preaching through a series called, "Spiritual Depression: Its Causes & Cures." His messages couldn't be more timely, as fear, uncertainty, and depression are skyrocketing all around us - and even within us.
Along the same theme, I read the following excerpt by pastor John Piper recently. I hope his wise words will build you up as well.
Does being depressed mean that something is wrong with our hope?
Every Christian who struggles with depression struggles to keep their hope clear. There is nothing wrong with the object of their hope--Jesus Christ is not defective in any way whatsoever. But the view from the struggling Christian's heart of their objective hope could be obscured by disease and pain, the pressures of life, and by Satanic fiery darts shot against them.
We all have to fight the same way, by getting our views of Christ and his promises clear every hour of every day.
All discouragement and depression is related to the obscuring of our hope, and we need to get those clouds out of the way and fight like crazy to see clearly how precious Christ is.
