By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. Psalms 42:8
This verse is part of two Psalms that go together- Psalms 42 & 43. They express the anguish of a believer who has lost the sense of God’s presence and favour in their life.
What we find here is that “God is omnipresent in a poem that complains of his absence, and ironically, the pain of separation is a way of feeling the presence” John Goldingay, Psalms Vol 2, p.34
Here is a command of God rarely considered. A command FOR his children. Are you aware of specific ways that this love is being shown in your life? What is the effect of this awareness? (see verse 8b)
“His song” is another way of expressing the joy of the Holy Spirit—that faith-sense of God’s delight in his children. Could it be that the absence of joy in our life is not because of a lack of God’s love, but because of a lack of recognition and awareness of his love?