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Looking at Bad Days… more of them than we ever thought… and they last longer than we want.
Different Levels of Bad Days.
Jesus’ Bad day was actually what we call Good Friday, but it was anything but good for Jesus.
Looking at Jesus statements on the cross.
We are studying how he did it.
Jesus is struggling and suffering on the cross and then it gets worse about noon.
Jesus is suffering, and the sun goes dark.
He is suffering and people are beginning to wonder that maybe he was the Son of God.
Jesus hung on the cross in the dark for 3 hours...
We can identify with this statement because many of us have felt this way ourselves.
Then in the darkness from the cross Jesus says...
I’m sure you have been there… wondering where God is...
Jesus give us permission to question God.
This is the most human thing he ever said...He is identifying with us.
He is showing us a truth and here it is.
Lesson #4: AIM YOUR HARD QUESTION AT GOD, NOT MAN.
God can handle out questions, our pain, our doubts.
There are those times when there is no answer.
The doctor doesn’t have one, no one has an answer.
Maybe you got a phone call about an accident, an illness,
We put the burdens of why on ourselves…
What can we do when live doesn’t make sense… When God doesn’t make sense?
WHEN GOD DOESN’T MAKE SENSE...
Trust His Nature
We have to trust in who God really is… When life is crazy, we have to trust God.
We think his nature is one of a lightening bolt in one hand and a sledge hammer in the other waiting to catch us doing something wrong.
There is no evil in God.
When we are hurting we have to trust in God’s nature.
Trust His Promises
We don’t feel like God is there, like he cares, so we have to trust his promises.
What does his word say because you may not feel it, but we have to trust his primises.
While I am hurting, I have to trust in the promises of God
You may feel forsaken.
Jesus felt forsaken and called out to God in the darkness and we can to.
Another promise
We have to trust that God can take those horrible situations and turn them into good for us.
Trust in His Final Destination.
Heaven is better than Earth.
Paul went though more than most and if anyone had an excuse to question God, it was Paul.
Jesus experienced the worst on Earth so we could experience God’s best in heaven.
PRACTICAL THINGS TO DO DURING THE WHY
1. LEARN WHILE ASKING WHY
We can learn while we are going through our bad days.
Jesus learned obedience through the things that he suffered.
We need to ask, what can we learn through this pain.
“Pain is a passport that will take you places that you could not have gotten to any other way.”
Learn through the pain.
What are you teaching me?
There is a purpose to our pain.
We learn that during the worst times, we need to lean into God and trust him.
2. LOVE WHILE ASKING WHY
Who can I help while I am hurting?
We take the focus off of ourselves and focus outwardly.
While we are hurting, we are to share with those in need… even when you don’t feel like it.
Looking to help others while we are in pain...
You can bring people who are going through what you are going through comfort like no one else can.
story of forgiveness
3. WORSHIP WHILE ASKING WHY
You may be crying yourself to sleep… don’t want to think about God… in the middle of your pain.
If you want healing, you must shift and worship God.
He can then work miracles in your life.
As You worship God, that devouring fire will burn up your pain, fear, loneliness, hurt, depression… That devouring fire can bring you healing in the middle of your pain.
When we shift our focus from me & now to him & then and give him my very best… even when I don’t feel like it.
ILL - when daddy died, I worshipped the Lord… drove through the tears and God showed up like never before.
The further away the Lord feels… the smaller he looks in the distance, we have to make him bigger… closer and we do that when we chose to worship.
Real worship… isn’t just the singers…
REAL WORSHIP IS TRUSTING GOD WHEN LIFE DOESN’T MAKE SENSE
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