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Read Introduction Pg. 1-2
Tripp Essentially points us to to help address some of these struggles.
Step 1: Examine Your Focus
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Many people measure God’s goodness by their level of happiness and their physical, external, and immediate circumstances.
“It is hard for them to imagine that God could be good and not give them a piece of the “Good life””.
Let’s examine 3 elements of Mary’s situation -
Created Things - Mary tends to define life by possessing and experiencing the things of this World.
Mary, and Asaph, Envied the wicked for their material things
2. Present, Personal Happiness -
What is God’s purpose for me?
Is it to pack my life full pleasant experiences?
What is the good that God is doing in my life and the abundant life the Bible promises?
We often interpret the purposes and promises in light of our present situation, but God’s purposes is primarily focused on the coming of Christ’s Kingdom rather than on our personal enjoyment of this world.
God giving us everything we need does not mean fulfill our own definition of happiness.
3. The External, Visible World
We to often compare our belongings with the pile of unbelievers belongings, and think it should be bigger.
We come with this wrong expectation, leaving us unable to cope in this world.
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2 Cor 4:7
Paul focuses on that his suffering is related to God’s purposes.
Paul fixes his eyes on Christ.
Paul interprets the world in light of eternity.
What is the difference between Mary and Paul?
How to Examine your Focus
1. Understand the Power of Your Interpretation.
Our interpretation of the World can plunge us into despair, anger, and envy.
(Mary, Asaph)
We need to ask what we are focused on?
2. Recognize the Symptoms of Wrong Focus.
Envy
Ps 73:3
Confusion
Discouragement
Ps 73:
Anger
In her heart, Mary/Asaph is saying “I have wasted many years of life following God”.
Envy, Anger, Discouragement, and confusion are all signs of the wrong focus.
Envy, Anger, Discouragement, and confusion are all signs of the wrong focus.
3. Identify and Confess the true treasures of your heart.
Series of Cognitive questions:
When do you tend to experience fear, worry, or anxiety?
When do you struggle with disappointment?
In what situations do you typically struggle with anger?
Where do you encounter problems in relationships?
What situations do you find particularly difficult?
Whom or what do you regulary seek to avoid?
What is your definition of a good relationship?
What do you expect of others?
When do you struggle with bitterness?
How have you struggled with regret, saying, “if only…”?
When do you experience problems with prayer and personal worship, and in your relationship with God?
When do you struggle with envy?
Step 2: Examine your Conclusions
Ps
Conclusions are the ideas and assumptions we have about life.
Asaph questions the vanity of obedience.
Thought Process:
If God is good he will bless Christians and punish unbelievers.
God has blessed unbelievers instead of Christians.
Therefore, God is not Good.
How to Examine Your Conclusions
1. Evaluate and Uncover your functional conclusions.
The Conclusions that shape our lives.
Past Experiences
Present situations
Future Hopes
Personal Identity
God and what he is doing.
2. Learn how to think Biblically about your life.
Ex.
Read and identify the above conclusions.
Scripture renewing us.
3. Recognize and confess to God where you have been disobedient.
4. Face the Idolatrous Nature of the Conclusions
Step 3: View Life from Eternity’s Perspective
makes a dramatic turn towards hope in v. 17.
As Asaph focused on eternity, he found relief and renewal from anger, discouragement, envy, and confusion.
How to view life from the perspective of Eternity
1. Use to expose the lie that this world is permanent.
2. Recognize, confess, and forsake all discontentment, anger, and bitterness towards God that stem from a perspective that forgets his eternity.
Step 4: Focus on the Eternal Riches of Redemption.
Ps 23
How to Focus on Eternal Riches
1. Reflect on the practical benefits of God.
2. Use God’s Word to understand your present condition and to shape your response.
3. Understand your Identity in Christ.
Your Identity in Christ is as a child of God; in which we are united with Christ.
Thus, God is our identity.
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