“Remember the Word”
Psalms 119:49-56
- DAVID’S AFFLICTION… (vv. 50-51)
- The Unbeliever views the Christian life with contempt.
- David fears and is overwhelmed by the Unbeliever’s contempt for God because he knows their end. (v. 53)
- David encountered struggles in the night hours. (v. 55)
- God’s Word gave comfort in David’s affliction.
- When you doubt God’s Word, you will find no comfort in it.
- God’s Word is powerful and potent.
- To find comfort in God’s Word, you must know and read it.
- THE WORD OF GOD IS OUR HOPE BECAUSE GOD CANNOT LIE. (v. 49)
- John 17:17, Titus 1:1-2, Hebrews 13:5-6
- Our comfort is that God said He will never leave us and He is our helper.
- THE WORD OF GOD IS MY HOPE BECAUSE IT CHANGES ME IN MY AFFLICTION. (vv. 49-50)
- Our prayer in our affliction is for God to change our situation. However, God often changes ME in my affliction.
- By leaning on God’s Word, we are able to overcome our affliction through God’s wisdom and understanding.
- Leaning on the world’s comfort in your affliction weakens you.
- THE WORD OF GOD IS OUR COMFORT TO THE DEGREE OF OUR OBEDIENCE TO IT. (v. 56)
- David had comfort because he obeyed God’s Word.
- David could ask God to remember His Word because he remembered and obeyed it himself.
- In the face of mocking, David did not change but continued to keep God’s Word.
- Do not change for the world in order to be accepted by it. You will find no comfort in it.
- David made God’s Word his song and joy. He loved to obey it. (vv. 53-54)
- David kept God’s Word even when facing his own flesh. (v. 55)
- Do you find comfort from Scripture? How much do you read and obey it?
- Where will your Book be tomorrow morning? Where will your Book be when you face affliction, struggles, or ridicule?
- The only success in the Christian life is found in God’s Word.
- Walking in God’s Word is the Believer’s comfort and confidence.
- If you love God’s Word, you will not quit. (v. 165)
- Our hope is in the man of the Word. (John 1:1-5, 14, 12)
- There is no comfort in an idol, a Jesus customized to our wants.
