Affliction TEACHES Us God's Faithfulness

There are blessings that God's Word says are associated with Affliction, seven of them are found in the 119th Psalm.

God wants to remind us that He is faithful when we are afflicted.

One of the greatest blessings of life is to know God.

Knowing God means that He also knows us.

God knowing us means He knows life hurts at times. When ever I go through hard times, sad times, dark times, discouraging times – I can testify with many of you that the greatest cure comes from looking at Jesus.

Remember how Isaiah 53.3 calls Jesus “A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief…”. Sounds to me like just the One to get to know when troubles, pains, and afflictions come rolling through like an unexpected summer storm on the picnic of our life.

So where do I look when life hurts? I start in Hebrews 4:15-16