When the Foundations Tremble
07/13/2008 Filed in: A Season of Psalms
When the Foundations Tremble
(Psalm 11)
Psalm 11:3: "When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?"
3. ASK GOD FOR STRENGTH, WISDOM, AND HELP
Psalm 105:4 (NIV): "Look to the Lord and His strength."
Job 12:13 (CEV): "God is the real source of wisdom and strength."
Psalm 3:5 (NCV): "I can lie down and go to sleep, and I'll wake up again, because the Lord gives me strength."
Psalm 37:39 (NCV): "The Lord saves good people; He is their strength in times of trouble."
Psalm 63:2 (Msg): "So here I am in the place of worship, eyes open, drinking in Your strength and glory."
4. KEEP FOCUSED ON GOD AND HIS PROMISES
2 Cor. 4:16-18 (NIV): "Therefore we do not lose heart...For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."
John 16:33 (Msg): Jesus: "(By) trusting Me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I've conquered the world."
Hebrews 12:28 (Msg): "Do you see what we've got? An unshakable kingdom! And do you see how thankful we must be? Not only thankful, but brimming with worship, deeply reverent before God!"
Psalm 69:32 (TEV): "Those who worship God will be encouraged."
(Psalm 11)
Psalm 11:3: "When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?"
HOW DO I WORSHIP GOD IN A TRAGEDY?
1. TELL GOD HOW YOU FEEL
Lamentations 2:19 (NCV): "Cry out in the night...Pour out your heart like water in prayer to the Lord."
Job 7:11 (TEV): "I can't be quiet! I'm angry and bitter. I have to speak!"
Psalm 116:10 (NCV): "I believed, so I said, "I am completely ruined!"
Jeremiah (Jer. 20:67); Naomi (Ruth 1:20); David (Psalm 88:15)
2. PRAISE GOD IN SPITE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES
Job 1:21-22 (TEV): Job said, "I was born with nothing, and I'll die with nothing. The Lord gave, and now He has taken away. May His name be praised! In spite of everything that had happened, Job did not sin by blaming God."
What you can praise God for:
- That He is a good & loving God (Job 10:12)
- That He is all-powerful (Job 36:22, 37:5,23)
- That He notices every detail of my life (Job 23:10, 31:4)
- That He is in control (Job 34:13)
- That He has a plan for my life (Job 23:14)
- That He will protect me (Job 5:11)
3. ASK GOD FOR STRENGTH, WISDOM, AND HELP
Psalm 105:4 (NIV): "Look to the Lord and His strength."
Job 12:13 (CEV): "God is the real source of wisdom and strength."
Psalm 3:5 (NCV): "I can lie down and go to sleep, and I'll wake up again, because the Lord gives me strength."
Psalm 37:39 (NCV): "The Lord saves good people; He is their strength in times of trouble."
Psalm 63:2 (Msg): "So here I am in the place of worship, eyes open, drinking in Your strength and glory."
4. KEEP FOCUSED ON GOD AND HIS PROMISES
2 Cor. 4:16-18 (NIV): "Therefore we do not lose heart...For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."
John 16:33 (Msg): Jesus: "(By) trusting Me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I've conquered the world."
Hebrews 12:28 (Msg): "Do you see what we've got? An unshakable kingdom! And do you see how thankful we must be? Not only thankful, but brimming with worship, deeply reverent before God!"
Psalm 69:32 (TEV): "Those who worship God will be encouraged."