A Weary World Rejoices
December/23/ 2018
A Weary World Rejoices
Lamentations 3:19-20 “I remember my affliction and my wandering,
the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them,
and my soul is downcast within me.”
Why are we weary?
1.The Hurts of the past
verse 19-20 “I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. 20 I remember them well, and my soul is downcast within me.”
2.The Struggles of the present
Job 4:5 “ But NOW trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
3.The Anxieties about the future
Mark 14:33-34: “Jesus began to be deeply distressed and troubled. My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death, he said to them.”
Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
So how do you find this rest that Jesus is talking about?
Psalm 42:5 “Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?”
verse 5b “Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
1. Remember God's faithfulness in the past.
verse 19-24 “I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is heavy, it's downcast within me. Yet I call this to mind and therefore I have hope. Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
2. Cry out to God in the present.
Psalm 142:2, 5-6 “I pour out before him my complaint; before him I tell my trouble… 5 I cry out to you O Lord; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need…"
3. Trust in God's power for the future.
2 Chronicles 32:7-8"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him. for there is a greater power that is with us than with them. With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles..."
Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make you path straight.”
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you a hope and a FUTURE. “
