There are many types of TRIBULATION or times of suffering.
These struggles, trials, and sufferings squeeze us individually as thlipsis (Greek word) in life.
Then there is THE TRIBULATION (same word thlipsis), but it is not individual. It is GLOBAL.
How God wants to use
Affliction in Our Lives Today
Whether or not we ever face an Islamic Jihadist deadly stare, we will face cancer, heart disease, job loss, and social strife. So God wants us to use the same principles that will keep us then, to keep us NOW! In short, we need to get a grip on a Biblical Theology of Suffering. One place to find that theology of suffering is in the longest chapter of the Bible: Psalm 119.
The writer I believe God used for this longest Psalm was Ezra, and in seven verses, he captures a complete set of principles God operates with when regulating the flow of hard times through our lives. If you turn there and jot these 7 down, it will help you prepare for hard times today and all of your tomorrows, whatever may come.
AFFLICTION is used by God because it —
PUSHES US INTO GOD’S WORD: Psalm 119:50
PULLS US BACK ONTO THE PATH: Psalm 119:67
CHISELS GOD’S PLAN INTO OUR LIFE: Psalm 119:71
TEACHES US THAT GOD IS FAITHFUL: Psalm 119:75
KEEPS US FOCUSED ON OUR TEACHER: Psalm 119:92
FORCES US TO TEST HIS PROMISES: Psalm 119:107
BRINGS GOD TO OUR DOORSTEP: Psalm 119:153
From WNS-48b – Getting Ready to Suffer (090308PM)
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