Apart from the fact that depression eats its prey silently, it a way of subtly camouflaging itself as a seemingly peaceful state of mind, which is in reality, the exact opposite.

Romans 8:1 says ‘There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.’

Depression is not deep thinking, but meditating on the mistakes, ill-luck and unfortunate things that happened to one; not to spur one to positive response, but to bound such a one’s mind with the mind-set that he was born to fail.

Depression is a negative force. Like a magnet, it doesn’t come alone, it attracts negative results, output and circumstances to itself.

The way out?


Philippians 4:4

“Rejoice in the Lord Always. Again, I will say, Rejoice”

Finding a reason to appreciate God is a sure way to escape from the fangs of depression. Depression cannot dwell in the heart of a grateful soul.

Instead of regretting and feeling like a failure, give thanks to God in faith and hope that things will get better.

2 Samuel 12:15: “After Nathan returned to his home, the Lord made Bathsheba’s baby deathly ill.”

2 Samuel 12:16: “David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground.”

2 Samuel 12:17: “The leaders of the nation pleaded with him to get up and eat with them, but he refused.”

2 Samuel 12:18: Then on the seventh day the baby died. David’s advisers were afraid to tell him. “He was so broken up about the baby being sick,” they said. “What will he do to himself when we tell him the child is dead?”

David committed adultery with Bathsheba, Uriah’s wife, and as a punishment, God struck the child of their cohabitation with a deadly sickness.

David wept, fasted and prayed for the healing of his child. He prayed that God would preserve the life of his child. Still, the child died.

Such an occurrence is capable of destabilising even the most hardened of hearts. David lost his precious baby to the sickness.

But my interest in this study isn’t that David lost his baby, but what David did after the loss.

2 Samuel 12:20 Then David got up from the ground, washed himself, put on lotions, and changed his clothes. Then he went to the Tabernacle and worshiped the Lord. After that, he returned to the palace and ate.

Instead of weeping and cursing God for a child that was gone, David worshipped God and put on the garments of devotion to the sovereignty of God.

Thus, we learn that we might not be able to control everything that happens in our lives, but we can always determine our response to that situation.

There are certain things that our prayer might not have been able to prevent, such as the casualties from the Covid, or the Lockdown, but we can decide that in the midst of all these, we will remain grateful saints.

David never went into prolonged depression despite the loss of his child. Thereafter, God gave him another child who became richest and one of the wisest Kings of Israel.

Beloved, don’t be dismayed, because God will surely give you double of what you lost.

Instead of regretting, rise up, believe those wonderful things He has promised you and hold unto them.

Give thanks, rejoice, sing songs of worship and change your atmosphere from one of mourning, to one of rejoicing.

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