(When Affliction Is Good)

Psalm 119:65-72 (KJV) Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord,

according unto thy word.

[66] Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy

commandments.

[67] Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

[68] Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

[69] The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts

with my whole heart.

[70] Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

[71] It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy

statutes.

[72] The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and

silver.

VERY BRIEFLY THIS MORNING WITH THE

HELP OF THE LORD AND THE GUIDIANCE OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE PRAYERS OF THE

SAINTS

I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE

THOUGHT (WHEN AFFLICTION IS GOOD)

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

THERE ARE SOME SITUATIONS THAT WE

FACE IN THIS LIFE THAT FORCES US TO

ACKNOWLEDGE --THAT IF IT HAD`NT NOT

BEEN FOR THE LORD ON OUR SIDE --WHERE

WOULD WE BE

SOMETIMES WE FIND OURSELVES IN SOME

PREDICTAMENTS THAT ARE

UNEXPLAINABLE

WE FIND OURSELVES IN SOME

PREDICTAMENT THAT SEEMS INESCAPEABLE

AS WELL SOME PREDICTAMENTS THAT

LEADS DOWN A ONE WAY STREET WITH NO

WHERE TO TURN AROUND

AND SOMETIMES WE BEGAN TO WONDER IS

IT POSSIBLE THAT TRAGEDY CAN BECOME

TRIUMPH

WE WONDER IS POSSIBLE THAT OUR PAIN

HAS A PURPOSE

OR THAT OUR WEEPING IN OUR MIDNIGHT

SITUATIONS CAN BECOME JOY IN THE

MORNING

BUT DAVID REVEALS TO US IN THE TEXT

THERE ARE SOME TIMES IN OUR LIVES

WHEN AFFLICTION IS GOOD FOR US

BECAUSE AFFLICTIONS STRENGHTENS OUR

FAITH AND OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF

GOD

DAVID WHO EXPERIENCE THE RELENTLESS

TORMENTS OF KING SAUL

FOR SAUL TRACKED DAVID LIKE A HUANTED

ANIMAL ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT THE

KINGSHIP HE HELD WAS GIVEN TO DAVID BY

GOD THROUGH SAMUEL AT JESSIE`S HOUSE

THAT WHY AS DAVID TAKE A TRIP DOWN

MEMORY LANE

HE REALIZED THAT AFFLICTION MADE HIM

STRONGER --IT MADE HIM WISER --IT MADE

HIM BETTER

BECAUSE AFFLICTION IS A SPIRITUAL TOOL

THAT GOD USES TO GET OUR LIVES ALIGN

WITH HIS WORD

DAVID REALIZE THAT GOD HAS AWAY TO

GET YOU WE`RE HE WANTS YOU

GOD HAS AWAY TO TEST YOU FOR HE BLESS

YOU

GOD HAS AWAY OF LETTING YOU GO INTO

AFFLICTION ONE WAY BUT BRING YOU OUT

ANOTHER WAY---TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT

HE IS GOD ALL BY HIMSELF

THAT’S WHY DAVID WAS ABLE TO SAY

--AFFLICTION IS GOOD FOR ME

IN THE TEXT BEFORE US DAVID WHO IS THE

APPLE OF GOD`S EYE

A MAN AFTER GOD`S OWN HEART REVEALS

TO US WHY AFFLICTION IS GOOD

WELL THE 1ST REASON WHY DAVID SAYS

AFFLICTION IS GOOD

IS BECAUSE GOD SELECTS EACH OF US TO

BE AFFLICTED TO MAGNIFY GOD`S GLORY

Psalm 119:65 (KJV) Thou hast dealt well with thy

servant, O Lord, according unto thy word.

YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

GOD DEALS WITH US THROUGH HIS WORD

AND IT`S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT

WE HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY GOD TO ENDURE

AFFLICTION

THAT OUR JOURNEY THROUGH AFFLICTION

WILL BE A TESTIMONY TO OTHERS OF WHAT

GOD IS ABLE TO DO

THAT WHAT THE HYMNOLOGIST MEANT

WHEN HE PUT THE WORDS OF THIS SONG TO

PAPER (GOD KNOWS HOW MUCH YOU CAN

BEAR)

SOMETIME GOD WILL TAKE YOU TO YOUR

BREAKING POINT --SO THAT IN YOUR

WEAKNESS GOD STRENGHT AND POWER

CAN BE MADE KNOWN TO OTHERS

WELL NOT ONLY DOES GOD USES

AFFLICTION FOR HIS GLORY

BUT GOD ALSO USES AFFLICTION TO SHOW

US HIS PROTECTION AND PROVISION PLAN

GOD WILL USE A STORM TO PROTECT YOU

FROM YOUR HURRICANES

HE WILL WALK WITH YOU THROUGH THE

VALLEY SO YOU CAN TELL SOMEONE ABOUT

IT ON THE MOUNTIAN TOP

THAT WHY GOD USES OUR AFFLICTION TO

PROTECT US AND DEMOSTRATE HIS

PROVISION

WELL NOT ONLY DO GOD USES AFFLICTION

FOR HIS GLORY AND TO DEMOSTRATE HIS

PROTECTION AND PROVISION

VERSE 67 IN THE TEXT REVEALS THAT GOD

USES AFFLICTION TO CORRECT US

Psalm 119:67 (KJV) Before I was afflicted I went

astray: but now have I kept thy word.

DAVID REVEALS THAT BEFORE AFFLICTION

KNOCK ON HIS DOOR HE WENT ASTRAY

BEFORE GOD ALLOWED HIM TO FACE PAIN

AND AGONY HE DID HIS OWN THING

BUT WHEN I FACE THEM -I DISCOVERED

HOW TO KEEP YOUR WORD

AND IN THE PROCESS I LEARN THAT GOD

USES AFFLICTIONS TO CORRECT ME

WELL NOT ONLY DOES GOD USES

AFFLICTIONS FOR HIS GLORY AND TO

DEMOSTRATE HIS PROTECTION AN

PROVISION PLAN AS WELL TO CORRECT US

BUT GOD USED AFFLICTION TO SAVE US

Psalm 119:68 (KJV) Thou art good, and doest

good; teach me thy statutes.