HOPE in Affliction - Psalm 102

Dillon Drouillard shares the bold and encouraging message from Psalm 102 -Hope in Affliction.- The Psalmist is walking through affliction and is crying out to God. We all walk through affliction and we carry our afflictions with us. What type of affliction are you facing----This Penitential and Messianic Psalm 102 reminds us that God always hears and answers our prayers. -vs.1-2---1. The Afflicted Man -vs.3-11--The psalmist is afflicted and desperate to hear from God. We can relate to the psalmist to having affliction and also having a King who suffered... for us.-Luke 22-42- Luke 23-34- Isaiah 53-1-7--2. The Hopeful Man -vs.12-17--The psalmist turns to God, declares who God is, and finds hope. Verse 12 says. -But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever---When we set our minds and eyes on God, declaring who God is, then we find hope.-Psalm 13- 1 Peter 1-3-4- 2 Cor 4-17-18- Rev 21-3-4-We have hope and confidence in God's reign and no more pain.- -3. The Eternal Man -vs.18-28--The psalmist's hope is God and shares this for a -future generation- according vs.18.-Once you realize Jesus is God. That He is everlasting, the creator, the eternal- then you have hope in affliction. You know who is in control and that he hears your cry. Whatever you are walking through is not without purpose.- In our memory verse, 2 Cor. 4-17-18. Paul calls it -light affliction- because of the eternal weight of Glory that is prepared for us.--Lift up your affliction to the God who hears you and who knows affliction and is enthroned forever. Cling to the Word of God and bring this message of Hope to the hopeless. Take it to a world that is broken, blighted, withered like grass, and vanishing like smoke.