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Lament: Letting God Use Your Pain
The document discusses the theme of lament in the biblical context, highlighting its significance in expressing grief and sorrow during wilderness experiences. It emphasizes the importance of talking to God about pain while also recognizing His loving presence and faithfulness. Through various biblical examples, it illustrates the patterns and purposes of lamentations as a pathway to trust and worship amidst struggles.
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- 4. LIFE HAPPENS. Come tome, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28
- 5. Chorus: Come lift upyour sorrows And offer your pain; Come make a sacrifice Of all your shame; There in your wilderness He's waiting for you To worship Him With your wounds, For He's wounded too. Come Lift Up Your Sorrows By Michael Card
- 6. BEGINNING END Genesis Revelation Godalways was. God is. “I AM.”
- 7. BEGINNING END God iswith us Genesis Revelation Adam and Eve Presence Intimacy with God With God Forever God always was. God is. “I AM.”
- 8. BEGINNING END Genesis Revelation Adamand Eve Intimacy with God SIN LAW Obedience = Blessing Disobedience = Punishment Jesus Emmanuel God With Us Presence With God Forever God is with us W I L D E R N E S S GRACE
- 9. BEGINNING END Genesis Revelation Adamand Eve SIN LAW Obedience = Blessing Disobedience = Punishment Jesus Emmanuel God With Us Presence With God Forever Holy Spirit God is with us W I L D E R N E S S GRACE
- 10. BEGINNING END Revelation LAW Obedience =Blessing Disobedience = Punishment Jesus Emmanuel God With Us Presence With God Forever Holy Spirit God is with us W I L D E R N E S S GRACE
- 11. The Journey Torah ObediencePresence BEGINNING END Job 1 Job 42 Psalm 1 Psalm 150 W I L D E R N E S S WILDERNESS EXPERIENCES • Job • Joseph • Moses • People of Israel • David • Elijah • John the Baptist • Jesus
- 12. Torah Obedience Presence BEGINNINGEND W I L D E R N E S S It’s Our Journey Too comes out of the wilderness and addresses the dark side of the journey Michael Card LAMENT
- 13. We were createdto live with God in a garden, yet we wake every morning in the desert of a fallen world. Michael Card Cancer AIDS
- 14. Laments come from thewilderness times LAMENT Noun: • Passionate expression of grief or sorrow • A song, piece of music, or poem expressing sorrow • An expression of regret or disappointment
- 15. Laments come from thewilderness times LAMENT Verb: • Mourn a person’s loss or death • Mourn aloud; wail • Express regret or disappointment over something considered unsatisfactory, unreasonable, or unfair • Express one’s deep grief about something
- 16. Biblical Laments • Joblamented over his situation • David lamented over death: Saul, Jonathan, his infant son, Absalom • Habakkuk lamented over the coming judgement • Amos, Ezekiel, Isaiah and other prophets over Israel’s sin • Jeremiah wept over the destruction of Israel • Lamentations – a whole book of lament about the destruction of Israel • Women lamented their children slaughtered by Herod • Believers at Jesus death • Jesus lamented over the death of Lazarus, at Gethsemane and on the cross
- 17. 33-50% of the Psalms areLaments Lament Psalms Community 12, 44, 58, 60, 74, 79, 80, 83, 85, 89*, 90, 94, 123, 126, 129 Individual 3, 4, 5, 7, 9-10, 13, 14, 17, 22, 25, 26, 27*, 28, 31, 36*, 39, 40:12-17, 41, 42- 43, 52*, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 61, 64, 70, 71, 77, 86, 89*, 120, 139, 141, 142 Specialized Lament Psalms Penitential 6, 32*, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143 Imprecatory 35, 69, 83, 88, 109, 137, 140
- 18. Why do welament? • Broken hearted • Feeling helpless or hopeless • Grief • Repentance over our sinfulness • Expression of pain • God where are you? • God, if you love me, then why? Asking two questions:
- 19. LamentingorComplaining? Lamenting • Talkingto God • Asks God • Cry of belief in a good God • Trust Complaining • Talking about God • Blames God • Unbelief and distrust of God • Doubt They said to Moses, "Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? (Exodus 14:11) The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!” (Numbers 11:4-6) I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us. Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. (Habakkuk 3:16-18)
- 20. Patterns of Laments •Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance of who God is • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship God invites our laments.
- 21. • God whereare you? • God, if you love me, then why? Remember the two questions: We long for God’s presence in the hard times. We don’t understand how God loves us. Hesed/Chesed The way God loves us. Translated 169 different ways in English. Lovingkindness, grace, faithfulness Hebrew Lesson Lies at the heart of all laments
- 22. Remember the patternof laments: There is always a change. Vav Sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Vav Adversative. Translated but, yet Hebrew Lesson Signals a change • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship And it happens here.
- 23. Patterns of Laments •Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship Themes in Laments • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed) • Remembrance • Vav Adversative (But)
- 24. Psalm 3 1Lord, howmany are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” 3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 6I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship • Vav Adversative (But) • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed)
- 25. Psalm 3 1Lord, howmany are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” 3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 6I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship • Vav Adversative (But) • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed)
- 26. Psalm 3 1Lord, howmany are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” 3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 6I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship • Vav Adversative (But) • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed)
- 27. Psalm 3 1Lord, howmany are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” 3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 6I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship • Vav Adversative (But) • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed)
- 28. Psalm 3 1Lord, howmany are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” 3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 6I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship • Vav Adversative (But) • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed)
- 29. Psalm 3 1Lord, howmany are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” 3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 6I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship • Vav Adversative (But) • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed)
- 30. Psalm 3 1Lord, howmany are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” 3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 6I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship • Vav Adversative (But) • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed)
- 31. Psalm 3 1Lord, howmany are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” 3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 6I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship • Vav Adversative (But) • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed)
- 32. Psalm 3 1Lord, howmany are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” 3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 6I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship • Vav Adversative (But) • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed)
- 33. Psalm 3 1Lord, howmany are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” 3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 6I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship • Vav Adversative (But) • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed)
- 34. Psalm 3 1Lord, howmany are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” 3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 6I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship • Vav Adversative (But) • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed)
- 35. Psalm 3 1Lord, howmany are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” 3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 6I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship • Vav Adversative (But) • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed)
- 36. Psalm 3 1Lord, howmany are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” 3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 6I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship • Vav Adversative (But) • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed)
- 37. Psalm 3 1Lord, howmany are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” 3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 6I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship • Vav Adversative (But) • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed)
- 38. Psalm 3 1Lord, howmany are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” 3But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 4I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 6I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 7Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 8From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship • Vav Adversative (But) • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed)
- 39. Psalm 13 1How long,LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? 3Look on me and answer, LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death, 4and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall. 5But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. 6I will sing the LORD’s praise, for he has been good to me. • Describing the situation as it is • Remembrance • Asking God for help • Responding in trust, praise and worship • Vav Adversative (But) • Presence • How God loves us (Hesed)
- 41. What’s happening in your world? How mightyou use lament to pour out your pain?
- 42. Just being therehelps. Come alongside someone in pain.
- 43. Chorus: Come lift upyour sorrows And offer your pain; Come make a sacrifice Of all your shame; There in your wilderness He's waiting for you To worship Him With your wounds, For He's wounded too. Come Lift Up Your Sorrows By Michael Card
Editor's Notes
- #12 Job – lost everything – wisdom of the world not helpful Joseph – cast off by his brothers, wound up a slave and in prison Moses – tended sheep for 40 years People of Israel - after leaving Egypt, wandered 40 years David – hunted by King Saul Elijah – after confronting Ahab John the Baptist – lived in the wilderness Jesus – 40 days of temptation
- #13 Path builds slowly