SundaySermon - Prince

 Responding to Pain

Verse: Job 30:16-17, 26-28

16 “And now my life seeps away. Depression haunts my days.

17 At night my bones are filled with pain, which gnaws at me relentlessly.

26 So I looked for good, but evil came instead. I waited for the light, but darkness fell.

27 My heart is troubled and restless. Days of suffering torment me.

28 I walk in gloom, without sunlight. I stand in the public square and cry for help.

29 Instead, I am considered a brother to jackals

The sorrow and pain that Job went through is described in the verse. And sometimes we feel our trouble is very much like Job experienced. And all positive thinking cannot comfort us.

So in the midst of this, how do we find comfort from God? To understand this we will study the story of Hanna

PASSAGE: 1 Samuel 1

Hannah didn't have children. This was shameful in the society of that time. And to add to this, she was taunted by her rival. And Hannah dealt with this through

  • Tears
  • Talk
  • Time

Tears

VERSE: 1 Samuel 1:10

10 Hannah was in deep anguish, crying bitterly as she prayed to the Lord.

Hannah cried out to the Lord. And her tears were precious to the Lord and it was all recorded

VERSE: Psalm 56:8

8 You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.

Take time to mourn. They wept for Moses 30 days.

Verse: Deuteronomy 34:8

8 The people of Israel mourned for Moses on the plains of Moab for thirty days, until the customary period of mourning was over.

Talk

VERSE: 1 Samuel 1:13

13 Seeing her lips moving but hearing no sound, he thought she had been drinking. 

Sharing your feeling happens with the one your trust..... Find that someone you can trust and share, it will bring healing.

Time

VERSE: 1 Samuel 1:20

20 and in due time she gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel,[f] for she said, “I asked the Lord for him.”

In due time.... Sometimes, you have to wait for healing and accept realitiy

VERSE: 1 Samuel 1:18

18 “Oh, thank you, sir!” she exclaimed. Then she went back and began to eat again, and she was no longer sad.

Jesus could not be revealed before time.

VERSE: Galatians 4:4

4 But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.

And since there is time ordained, the time of healing will also come through

Verse: Ecclesiastes 3:1,11

1 For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.

11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time.

Conclusion

Wait in the presence of the Lord for your healing!!!

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