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Good evening, Perth Bible students!
My name is Josh Smith, and I am excited to speak to you this evening.
I am from central Iowa, and I am Mr. and Mrs. Appell’s son-in-law.
Now, I’d like to get to know you a little bit.
So I’d love it if you guys introduced yourselves to me.
So, here’s what we’re going to do.
Let’s go from row to row.
Tell me your name, your grade, and your favorite pizza toppings.
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Now, how many of you have ever heard of a guy named Job?
What about Eeyore?
“Wish I could say ‘yes,’ but I can’t.”
/ / / Eeyore–Responding to Winnie when he asked, “lovely day, isn’t it?”
“I would rather be strangled.”
/ / / Job 7:15 “so that I prefer strangling— death rather than life in this body.”
“Does anyone want the tasteless white of an egg?” / / / Job 6:6 “Is bland food eaten without salt?
Is there flavor in an egg white?”
“If it is a good morning, which I doubt.”
/ / / Eeyore–to pooh bear
“I only have a few days left, so leave me alone.”
/ / / Job 10:20 “Are my days not few?
Stop it!
Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little”
“Days.
Weeks.
Months.
Who knows?” / / / Eeyore–commenting on how long winnie the pooh might remain stuck!
“It’s snowing still, and freezing.
However, we haven’t had an earthquake lately.”
/ / / Eeyore–Trying to be an optimist
“Why wasn’t I born dead?” / / / Job 3:11 “Why was I not stillborn; why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?”
“Lying in bed, I think, ‘when will it be morning?’
But the night drags on.”
/ / / Job 7:4 “When I lie down I think, “When will I get up?”
But the evening drags on endlessly, and I toss and turn until dawn.”
“Thanks for noticin’ me.” / / / Eeyore–to winnie the pooh
“It’s all for naught.”
/ / / Eeyore–in typical bright fashion
Now, that was a pretty silly example, but it illustrates a point.
When difficult times come into our life, we typically respond in similar ways don’t we.
For example.
School is hard work, isn’t it?
You guys have had tests, lectures, homework, Scripture memory, and more.
Some of you have felt overwhelmed at different times with how much work you have to do.
You’ve felt like it’s impossible for you to learn a particular formula for math class.
You’ve had difficult things to work through outside the classroom that just compounded the difficulties.
You may have lost a loved one, you may have been bullied, and you may have had to make some difficult decisions.
How did you feel when these things were going on?
As I’m bringing up these different scenarios, some of them might characterize you or you might be thinking of something else that I didn’t mention it.
Regardless of what your circumstance is/was, the fact of the matter was that it was exhausting and painful.
Each of you has been through something like that.
Each of you has suffered in one way or another.
You might suffer from cruel people in your lives.
You might suffer from your own limitations that don’t measure up to someone else’s expectations of you.
You might suffer from a continuous battle against sin that you can’t seem to get rid of.
You might have a broken family that pulls you in two different directions day after day.
Regardless of what your circumstance is/was, the fact of the matter is that it is exhausting and painful.
But how
Tonight, we are going to look at some verses from Psalm 119 that will help you make sense of what As some of you know, this is the longest chapter in the Bible.
In fact, it’s so long, it is longer than many books of the Bible!
This Psalm has 176 verses to it.
Now, I know you’re getting close to finishing up school for the year, but I am going to ask you to do some math.
Psalm 119 is divided into twenty-two different sections.
If there are 176 verses in Psalm 119, how many verses are in each of those 22 sections?
In other words, what is 176 divided by 22?
Yes! you nailed it.
There are eight verses in each section.
Throughout our time together, this evening, I am going to walk you through two of those sections.
So we will begin in verse 81.
Kaph (vv.
81-88) כ
One of the themes throughout Psalm 119 is the Word of God.
From this Psalm you get amazing verses that many people have memorized.
One preacher called this section of Psalm 119 the midnight of the Psalm.
There’s no more light.
There’s only darkness.
The affliction is too much to handle.
The pain is unbearable.
The suffering is relentless.
And that’s the first part of our outline today: “When suffering is relentless,....” What was the darkest season of your life?
Think about that for a minute.
When did you experience the most hopelessness?
When was your pain at its worst?
When did you lose more than you thought you had to lose?
When was your suffering relentless?
The Psalmist describes his relentless suffering in these verses.
When suffering is relentless,… (vv.
81-86)
Let’s look at some of these verses.
81 I long for your salvation;
I put my hope in your WORD.
82 My eyes grow weary
looking for what you have PROMISED;
I ask, “When will you comfort me?”
Have you ever been in a situation like this?
The Psalmist here is overwhelmed with grief.
He longs for salvation—for relief.
His eyes are continually growing weary looking for the rest that God has promised.
Can you picture that?
I can’t help but think of various war movies.
There’s a lone soldier who is working as hard as he can to survive—to live—despite the fact that he is behind enemy lines.
However, the soldier knows that his comrades are working on a way to get him out.
Still, he doesn’t see how that is possible.
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