Life circumstances push faith to the limit. We wonder why our ‘faithful God’ has abandoned us. Such trials expose the extent of our faithfulness to God’s word.
If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. (Ps 119:92)
We can be so angry with God for allowing affliction that spiritual death takes hold. Affliction exposes how much we learned to delight in the Lord and His law in the easy times.
I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life. (Ps 119:93)
Those who have been through trials with God can testify that His Word preserved their lives. Through His Word they had an inner strength to face impossible odds.
Save me, for I am yours; I have sought out your precepts. (Ps 119:94)
From this place of having proved God’s Word, God’s servant calls out for salvation to the only one worth calling to.
The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes. (Ps 119:95)
The fruit of this proving ground is that there is a confident hope of God’s salvation, and so sufficient peace to ponder God’s work while most at this point would struggle with anxiety.
96 To all perfection I see a limit, but your commands are boundless.
Perfection is limited in that it is predictable. God’s Word is boundless because when the Lord fulfils His Word we are always surprised by the twists with which He does it.
The original Bible study is found at this link – Faithful Word