CAN'T SHAKE IT!

We can see, touch, believe and declare, and yet still not feel. Ever experienced this?
 
For example, that blue-sky, sunny day, but the blue in you is different? All the facts stack to support a light-hearted and hopeful spirit, but a heaviness weighs down, or even fear, or terror or despair.
 
A couple Scriptures come to me on this topic. One is about the man who brought his son to Jesus to heal him. He obviously believed Jesus could, or he would not have come. Correct? His actions were a statement of faith. But when he came to Jesus, he said, 'If you can do anything… help us.' Jesus challenged him in this, and said, ‘If you can?’ All things are possible to those who believe.’ (Mark 9:23)
 
In this, Jesus put the spotlight back on the man, in front of the people, and wanted to know what his beliefs were about this person (Christ), this power to heal, this faith. The man blurted out his truest feelings, which were so validating of what Jesus was touching on here: 'I do believe! Help me in my unbelief!' (Mark 9:24) Jesus healed his son.
 
David, the king and the worshiper, writes in Psalm 86:1,4, 'I am poor and needy... Give your servant joy.' I love this humility, and validation of my own struggles at times. I need God to give me joy, even in good circumstances.
 
That sun can be shinning, and facts and figures healthy, and yet I still need the 'floor', the power, the voice of God that 'breaks cedars', that 'twists oaks' (Ps 29), to speak true joy into my soul.