Learning to live with a chronic illness includes learning to face and live with trouble. The Bible does not flatter us with the false hope that goodness will secure us from trouble. Instead, the Bible warns us over and over to expect tribulation while we are in this body. Our afflictions come from all directions and at any time. They challenges are many but with Jesus Christ, we can face each day. There is no promise they will go away in this lifetime. However, the Lord will guide us through or lift us out of them.
Today’s Bible Verse:
Psalm 34:19 (KJV), “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.”
What the verse means:
The Treasury of David explains it this way. “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, etc. Be our troubles many in number, strange in nature, heavy in measure; yet God’s mercies are more numerous, his wisdom more wondrous, his power more miraculous; he will deliver us out of all. Thomas Adams.”
Praying using the verses:
1. Heavenly Father, we know the afflictions of the righteous are many.
2. Lord Jesus, we find some comfort in knowing hardships and trials are the norms.
3. We confess we don’t like them but trust in you.
3. God our Father, we give you thanks for the promise of deliverance.
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