It is evident from the way that this Psalm begins that there were times in the life of David where he really thought that God had forgotten him forever. It is evident that God loved him very much. For he is called in one place – The man after God's own heart. But here he actually thought that God was hiding His face from him. I believe that this Psalm has been given to us so that we who are Christians might understand that we will have times of difficulty and trial in relation to our faith in God. These trials are not at all intended by God to give us the impression that He will not help us, or that He will not strengthen us to do His will. Or that somehow He will not cause us to stand in the evil day. Rather, they are intended by Him to bring us to the point where we will trust in His mercy, and our heart will rejoice in God's great salvation. And so, what I want to do in this message is to take the things that David feared and dreaded the most in this situation, and turn them around, so that You will see God's great heart of love was enough for him, in Christ. Through this means I will hope that you will see that even though you may be going through great trials in relation to your faith, that You will also, in time, see God's faithfulness to you personally.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...
