Psalms 119:107. I am afflicted very much:-
Here is a good man, a better man than most of us, a man who is determined to do right, yet he gets into trouble because he is determined to do right. God’s wheat will be threshed, his gold will be put into the furnace. If you were worth nothing to him, God might not take the trouble to afflict you; but when you are resolved to do right, you may expect that resolution to be tried and tested; and if it is worth anything, it will stand the trial. "I am afflicted very much:"-what will be the next words, "Lord, deliver me"? No, no." Lord, bring me out of the furnace"? Nothing of the sort." I am afflicted very much:"-
Psalms 119:107. Quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
"Give me more spiritual life; give me more spiritual strength; that is what I most need." Oftentimes, that prayer is answered by the affliction itself. We are afflicted very much, and by that very affliction the Lord quickens our graces, strengthens our souls, drives away many of our wandering thoughts, and brings us nearer to himself.
Psalms 119:107. I am afflicted very much:-
Here is a good man, a better man than most of us, a man who is determined to do right, yet he gets into trouble because he is determined to do right. God’s wheat will be threshed, his gold will be put into the furnace. If you were worth nothing to him, God might not take the trouble to afflict you; but when you are resolved to do right, you may expect that resolution to be tried and tested; and if it is worth anything, it will stand the trial. "I am afflicted very much:"-what will be the next words, "Lord, deliver me"? No, no." Lord, bring me out of the furnace"? Nothing of the sort." I am afflicted very much:"-
Psalms 119:107. Quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
"Give me more spiritual life; give me more spiritual strength; that is what I most need." Oftentimes, that prayer is answered by the affliction itself. We are afflicted very much, and by that very affliction the Lord quickens our graces, strengthens our souls, drives away many of our wandering thoughts, and brings us nearer to himself.