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Dan DeRoche | Psalm 13
Lamentations 3:32-33 CSB
Suffering refines what we trust in and how we talk about it.
Trust looks like talking to God, sharing our complaints, seeking God’s help, and then recommitting ourselves to believe in who God is and what He has done - even if the trial continues.
Psalms 13:1-2 CSB
Verses 1-2
David combines TURN and COMPLAINT
Psalms 13:3-4 CSB
Verse 3-4
David boldly ASKS God for help
“God is working right now, but not so much to give us predictable, comfortable, and pleasurable lives. He isn’t so much working to transform our circumstances as He is working through hard circumstances to transform us. Difficulties are not signs of His inattention, they are sure signs of the seal of His redemptive love. In grace, He leads you where you didn’t plan to go in order to produce in you what you cannot achieve on your own.”
Paul David Tripp
Psalms 13:5-6 CSB
Three affirmations of trust:
1. I have trusted in Your faithful love
Being a follower of Jesus requires we walk with a continual trust in God.
Three affirmations of trust:
1. I have trusted in Your faithful love
Being a follower of Jesus requires we walk with a continual trust in God.
2. My heart will rejoice in Your deliverance
“Choosing to trust through lament requires that we rejoice without having all the dots connected. We decide to let God be His own interpreter, trusting that somehow His gracious plan is being worked out even when we can’t see it.”
Mark Vroegop
Three affirmations of trust:
1. I have trusted in Your faithful love
Being a follower of Jesus requires we walk with a continual trust in God.
2. My heart will rejoice in Your deliverance
3. The LORD has treated me generously
Keep trusting the One who keeps you trusting.
This is how lament has served me and countless other believers. Tear-filled prayer, wrestling through tough questions, and banking my life on the promises of God are all part of the journey to keep me trusting. Learning to lament leads to trust.