Let’s stay with Psalm 130 for another weekend. I believe it speaks powerfully to the human predicament generally as well as to situations we might often find ourselves in. The best starting point for the spiritual life is to begin where you are. This applies for every circumstance and every day in your walk with God. Just begin where you are. The biblical faith does not demand that you access God from some exalted spiritual standpoint. We just need to know where we are and be honest about it before God. This is what we see in the psalms again and again, and we see it here in Psalm 130. Like the writer of this Psalm, who cried out to God saying, “from the depths I cry to you,” we need to declare our position. Whether things are really this way or whether we just feel this way doesn’t matter. God cares about how you feel. This is where faith begins. It begins with an honest acknowledgement of how we feel about things right now. Where are you right now? Does God seem distant and remote to you? Do you feel confused and discouraged? Do you feel afraid? Do you feel troubled? If so, then you can begin where many a psalm writer began: be honest with God. You may, conversely, feel great about your circumstances. If so, then begin by expressing that to God with gratitude and praise. Whatever you do, wherever you are, begin where you are with God and go forwards from there.
Talk honestly to God about how you feel.
Read and pray the words of Psalm 130.
