I was originally going to write this post as a harangue against the church for how cowardly much of it was during the recent response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but, reading through it just now, I see that, rather than a prayer of instructional confirmation about why Christians shouldn't fear, though there are some verses of that type contained herein, it is largely a prayer, that at least for those who came after the psalmist, is a prayer for courage in the future as opposed to in the present.
This is a good psalm to pray in whole or in part when we see what is going on in the news or when we personally encounter or think of situations in which we wouldn't know what to do. I mean, if a friend or relative is going through something and you start worrying about what it would be like if that happened to you, you might want to pray all or part of this psalm. If the devil is tormenting you with thoughts of worry, including if you have anxiety disorder and he is bringing up horrible scenarios before you, pray psalm 27 or commit it to memory and ask God to supernaturally quicken it to your mind for when those situations of worry come up.
One thing is for sure: more times will come, globally and otherwise, when the church as a whole will need to do a lot better job than it has been.
Lord, may we never forget about Psalm 27. In Jesus name, amen.
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