What to Do when You Don't Know what to Do?
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23 But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”
Counting time is not nearly as important as making time count.
God whispers to us in our joys, speaks to us in our difficulties and shouts to us in our pain. C.S. Lewis
At times like this we must speak to the elephant in the room.
If God is so kind
If God is
If The God of the Bible is loving...
If The God of the Bible is Good...
If The God of the Bible is wise ...
If The God of the Bible is Holy...
If The God of the Bible is all powerful...
All of this evil in the world therefore the God of the Bible does not exist.
All of this evil in the world
Why is there all this violence
Why is there all of this senseless killing
Why is there all of these rapes
Why is it that this young boy in the Spring of His life hasn't even begin living yet, sitting in his home minding his own business playing His game and reading His bible be gunned down.
Why is there all this hurt and pain
Because God allows it
Sure there is a real devil
In a real world
And man has a real free will
God whispers to us in our joys, speaks to us in our difficulties and shouts to us in our pain. C.S. Lewis
God has a way of speaking to us in our pain in a way that He can’t in the mist of our joy.
God has a purpose for our pain, God uses our pain to to em better us
How young preacher to get us back to him
16 David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.
18 On the seventh day the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to us. How then can we say to him the child is dead? He may do himself some harm.”
David loves His baby, He is seeking God for the embitterment of His child but the child dies
David loves His baby, He is seeking God for the embitterment of His child but the child dies
19 But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David understood that the child was dead. And David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” They said, “He is dead.”
David shows us what we are to do when we don’t know what to do
20 Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.
Allow God to “Pick You Up “
Allow God to “Pick You Up “
verse 20 Then David “AROSE” Emerged from the earth ...
In your time of grief and pain, in your time of trying to figure out life and trying to wrap your mind around what just happened.
You must “Allow” God to get you up in your own strength you don't want to go another day in your own strength you can’t make it
But Im so glad that the book says
10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Second thing David shows us what to do when we don't know what to do
Allow God to “Clean you Up “
Allow God to “Clean you Up “
Verese 20: DAvid
20 Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.
Washed and anointed Himself
26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
john 1
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Anoint my head with Oil: which is refreshing and soothing,
Thirdly What to do when you don’t know what to do
Allow God to Dress you up
Allow God to Dress you up
20 Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.
Put on the whole armor of God
Fourthly What to do when you don’t know what to do
Allow God to Build you Up
Allow God to Build you Up
20 Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.
Fifty What to do when you don’t know what to do
Allow God to Hold You Up
Allow God to Hold You Up
21 Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child died, you arose and ate food.”
22 He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’
23 But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”
24 Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her, and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And the Lord loved him