Psalms 86 - When Trouble Comes

When Trouble Comes Psalms 86 HCC Nov 2021 Trouble Psalms 86 Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. 2 Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God; 3 have mercy on me, Lord, for I call to you all day long. 4 Bring joy to your servant, Lord, 5 for I put my trust in you. You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you. 6 Hear my prayer, Lord; listen to my cry for mercy. 7 When I am in distress, I call to you, because you answer me. Psalms 86 Among the gods there is none like you, Lord; no deeds can compare with yours. 9 All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord; they will bring glory to your name. 10 For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God. 11 Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. 12 I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. 13 For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead. 8 Psalms 86 Arrogant foes are attacking me, O God; ruthless people are trying to kill me— they have no regard for you. 15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. 16 Turn to me and have mercy on me; show your strength in behalf of your servant; save me, because I serve you just as my mother did. 17 Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me. 14 Background • “Prayer of David” • David experienced much trouble and hardship in his life • Teaches us how to respond when we face trouble Psalms 86: When Trouble Comes How Why • Cry Out (v1-7) • Know Him More (v17) • Praise God (v8-10) • Become Complete (James 1:2-4) • Be Taught (v11-13) • Manifest God’s Plan (Gen 50:20) • Wait with Hope (v14-17) • Display God’s Works (John 9:3) How Psalms 86: Cry Out 1 Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy… Hear my prayer, Lord; listen to my cry for mercy. 7 When I am in distress, I call to you, because you answer me. 6 When trouble comes: Cry Out • What do you when you face trouble? “Suck it up”? Blame someone else? • Psalms 86 teaches us to HUMBLE ourselves “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matt 5:3) Psalms 86: Praise God Among the gods there is none like you, Lord; no deeds can compare with yours. 9 All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord; they will bring glory to your name. 10 For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God. 8 When trouble comes: Praise God • Which way do you look when you are troubled - behind, downward? • Psalms 86 teaches us, look UPWARD “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in His wonderful face And the things of this world will grow strangely dim In the light of His glory and grace.” Psalms 86: Be Taught Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name… 11 13 For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead. When trouble comes: Be Taught • What is your mindset when experiencing trouble - do you feel angry? Anxious? • Psalms 86 teaches us to REFLECT and REMEMBER - What is God teaching us through this experience? - What did God do before in our lives to help us? Psalms 86: Wait with Hope Turn to me and have mercy on me; show your strength in behalf of your servant; save me, because I serve you just as my mother did. 17 Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me. 16 When trouble comes: Wait with Hope • When experiencing trouble, do you immediately need to take action? Or do you disengage and withdraw? • Psalms 86 teaches us to LOOK FOR God’s action and response - God is responsible for our lives because we are His - What is God doing to help me through this hardship? Psalms 86: When Trouble Comes How • Cry out (v1-7): HUMBLE ourselves • Praise God (v8-10): Look UPWARDS • Be Taught (v11-13): REFLECT and REMEMBER • Wait with Hope (v14-17): LOOK FOR God’s action Why Psalms 86: When Trouble Comes Why • Know Him More (v17) • Become Complete (James 1:2-4) • Manifest God’s Plan (Gen 50:20) • Display God’s Works (John 9:3) What David didn’t know: Ps 86 17 Give me a sign of your goodness… Oth: sign, token, outward manifestation “A Sign” Hebrew: Oth: sign, mark, token Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they 13 eat the lambs…. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. (Exodus 12) 7 “A Sign” Greek: Semeion: sign, mark, token But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you 11 good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the 12 Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” (Luke 2) 10 God’s Sign: Isaiah 53 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. 4 Know Him More: 1 Peter 2 … Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you 22 should follow in his steps. “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth…” 21 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 24 Become More Like Him: Tim Keller “Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer you’ll become more like him. The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.” Philippians 3 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. 10 Become Complete: James 1 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many 3 kinds, because you know that the testing 4 of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 2 Manifest God’s Plan: Genesis 50 But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place 20 of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” 19 John 12 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies,it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 24 He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. (Jim Elliot) Display God’s Work: John 9 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 2 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.” 3 John Piper And if you join the disciples in asking: Why? Who sinned that this man must suffer like this?... The decisive explanation is: he is suffering that the works of God might be displayed in him. The works of wrath-bearing, and curse-removing, and guilt-lifting, and righteousnessproviding, and death-defeating, and life-giving, and in the end suffering-removing — totally removing.