In Times Like These Our suffering is never any of those things. This served to cause David to love the Lord even more as he understood, from his own personal experience, that God was his strength. It required traversing the whole mountain, from bottom to top, through over ten feet of snow drifts with a large, heavy ruck sack slung to their back and no special equipment. I want to hold He makes me lie down in green pastures. Theyre seeking their own ends. If you have Bibles Id invite you to turn with me to Psalm 54. It is one of the best indications of the value of the thing desired. During those times, we wait patiently on . That's why Proverbs 4 is so significant for those of us who are prone to keeping our emotions and heart on lockdown. By the way, isnt that another picture in the Old Testament of the sovereignty of God? How does Satan use suffering to create cynics rather than resilient believers? And then yet I once watched a documentary about the toughest school in all the military (or so the film claimed). Instead they look disapprovingly at any believer who would question the necessity of Gods difficult providences. O Lord God, teach us the rhythms and patterns of this Psalm. In Psalm 18:4-5, David explains his situation and the feelings he had with these words, The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me; the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.. Sooner or later all paths lead to the valley of the shadow of death. He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. (v.16-17). All I Want for Christmas is Hope So David again began to fear for his life. The woman could not have kept on her plea if she had not fully believed that the Lord both could and would help her. He was in danger continually for years. Just because we are down doesnt mean that we are defenseless. A fortress has high and thick walls to keep the enemy out. These free, short Bible sermons are powerful, inspirational, evangelistic and biblical. Illustration:HOLY SPIRIT, power of This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.'" Isaiah 25:9 "Do not say, 'I will repay evil;' wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you." Proverbs 20:22 "Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free." Psalm 118:5. The context of this Psalm is again the mortal danger that David finds himself in as Saul tries to track him down. Too many people are frustrated, discouraged and disillusioned when they do not get their prayers answered. It comes to us in three parts, and perhaps youve already noticed those parts as weve read through it. And then in verses 6 and 7, after a resolution brought about by God after Gods own deliverance, David gives praise, free praise to God, unconstrained praise to God. Of course he heard me. Afterwards he became the king of Israel, the father of Solomon, and the ancestor of the Lord Jesus. Today is the start and over the next 3 weeks, we will look at scriptures in the birth story of Jesus which tells us Fear Not! And, thirdly, it teaches us that we are to praise God gladly for who He is and what He does. David knew he could not defeat an army of that size, especially since he knew those men since he had fought with them and had even been their commander. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. My prayer usually goes something like this. That means there will be seasons, no matter how long or short, where we cannot see or feel the hope which we have been promised. Hark, the Herald angels sing, Do not let me go, that I may not ever let you go..

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