Ps 42:1-11. In difficult times (like, oh I don’t know, a Pandemic and a lockdown?) we can become downcast, weary and brought low. We may sense that it is wearing on us as believers. The psalmist is able to counsel his own soul with the truth and bring himself up and out, something we all […]

In Psalm 119 the Psalmist uses the word “affliction” 7 times. When we consider these verses together we can see a maturing process and a growing understanding in the believer’s heart of how God uses affliction in our lives. We are sheep that are prone to wander and go our own way, but he can […]