I was feeling a little low, weary, and ‘out of sorts’: just not quite right. I wasn’t sick. Maybe just tired? But spiritually things were flat.
I was missing a sense of the Lord’s nearness. The vitality of my soul seemed to be waning. What was up? Did I just need a rest? Or was there something I needed to repent of?
The body: an instrument of the heart
Repentance is a possibility. Such emotional off-notes can be a clue to what is happening in our hearts. David knew the experience of delayed confession to be felt emotionally and physically (Ps.32). And of course, it isn’t just our sin that feels like strength dried up.
