All Souls 2004/07/22- Psalm 42-43
'Where is your God' - George Parsons
What do you do when you have a bad day? Drugs, retail therapy & sofas!
To be unhappy is not to be ungodly. The godly can go through a bad patch/drought
The Condition Described
* He is longing for God. Yearning for eternal satisfaction. (Ps.42:1-2).
* Unable to eat. he hasn't sinned but yet he feels God has abandoned him (Ps.42:3,9)
* Spiritual isolation & rejected (Ps.43:2)
* He feels like God is angry with him
* Even a great man like David went through it!
The Causes Explained
* Physical isolation (Ps.42:4, 10) homesick away from other believers in Jerusalem
* Social isolation (Ps.43:1,3 & 10)
* We arenot immune from our circumstances
* Social isolation can cause spiritual isolation need support
The Cure Prescribed
* Put your hope in God. Don't wallow about like a hog in mud. Express your feelings in prayer (Ps.42:5)
* See things by gods truth (Ps.42:8). The key to this approach is this - God is in control & loves him ergo God also helps me.
* Reason with yourselves with sound theology as prescribed by Martin Lloyd-Jones.
* Gives a prophetic picture of Jesus - the man of sorrows. God has been there before you!
* Cry out! Express yourself as Christ did and look to the cross He bore.
* He was rejected for you. God won't ever be angry with You again once you become his child! Dont feel guilty, He will forgive you & He will lead you back to himself.
* One day, when He comes again, we will be free!
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