Praying Kesha (Playlist Week 1)

Praying - Kesha

Verse 1 -

Well, you almost had me fooled

Told me that I was nothing without you

Oh, but after everything you've done

I can thank you for how strong I have become

This someone tried to make her pathetic and leave her psychologically dependent on him. But she's seen the truth since and realizes that "after everything you've done," "I can thank you for how strong I have become." Through the act of relinquishing her dependence on him and having to fight against him, she's become a stronger, better version of herself.

Pre-Chorus

Cause you brought the flames and you put me through hell

I had to learn how to fight for myself

And we both know all the truth I could tell

I'll just say this is I wish you farewell

In the pre-chorus, Kesha tells us more about what her enemy did to her. Apparently, he "put [her] through Hell," but because of this, she "had to learn how to fight for [herself]" and be a stronger, better version of herself. Before she could be pushed around, but she feels more resistant to it now.

I'm proud of who I am

No more monsters, I can breathe again

And you said that I was done

Well, you were wrong, and now the best is yet to come

'Cause I can make it on my own

And I don't need you, I found a strength I've never known

I've been thrown out, I've been burned

When I'm finished, they won't even know your name

This is also a strong opposite to what her enemy predicted: "And you said that I was done." In fact, she's not, and she's ready to keep going. She says, "Well, you were wrong, and now the best is yet to come / 'Cause I can make it on my own / And I don't need you . . . ." She's claiming that her future life will be better than her past life, and based on her claims of the mental abuse she suffered, it sounds like that won't be hard to achieve.

Despite being "thrown out" and having "been burned," she's "found a strength I've never know." She claims that "when I'm finished, they won't even know your name." Apparently, Kesha is planning to be so popular and successful that no one will even remember her enemy and what they did to her or what they accomplished. Comparatively, she's going to outshine them.

Interestingly, Kesha’s prayer is that her enemy, her victimizer, would not be vanquished, but would be redeemed. “I hope you find your peace, falling on your knees, praying,” she implores. It seems that, having found a peace that passes her capacity for comprehension, she now hopes that the one who hurt her will find the same peace.

You can practically feel Jesus’ words from the Sermon on the Mount bleeding from the screen as Kesha literally prays for those who persecute her.

CAN WE RELATE ILLUSTRATION? David did.

A psalm expressing the distress or sorrow of an individual or group and asking for divine help.

1. Questions toward the presence of God

Psalm 13:1-2

1 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide your face from me?

2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts

and day after day have sorrow in my heart?

How long will my enemy triumph over me?

How long is the critical question. Often we faint under simple length of our trials. We feel we could endure almost anything if we knew when it would come to an end; yet sometimes we are tried under problems that make us cry out, "How long?"

The pain in David's heart came from a sense that God had forgotten him and that God was distancing Himself from David. No doubt, David had faced worse circumstances but had faced them more bravely when he sensed the presence of God with him. Yet now, feeling distant from God, it did not take much to send David into despair.

2. A prayer of defense from enemies

Psalm 13:3-4

3 Look on me and answer, Lord my God.

Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,

4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”

and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

3. Reminder to trust in God

Psalm 13:5-6

5 But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.

6 I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.