Seeing Through the Fog | The Writings | Psalm 89

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🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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When life gets foggy, are you tempted to give up? Is God still good during a season of suffering? Will God be faithful? In today's episode, Jensen shares how David's prayer in Psalm 89 reminds us of our hope on the other side of the fog. Read the Bible with us in 2024! This year, we’re tackling a group of Old Testament books traditionally known as “The Writings”— Psalms, Chronicles, Proverbs, Daniel, Ruth and more! Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Psalm 89

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Jensen Holt McNair. In 1952, Florence Chadwick attempted to swim the channel
0:17.8	between the coast of California and Catalina Island. It was a 26-mile journey, but she only made it 25 of those miles. You see, after swimming
0:28.4	around for about 15 hours, a deep fog set in around her. She couldn't see where she was going. She didn't know how far she had left and as she grew tired and didn't know how much longer it would take. She gave up and she got in the boat that traveled alongside her.
0:43.7	She only had one mile left. But because of the fog, because of the circumstances surrounding
0:50.8	her, she lost sight of the shoreline, and she let it cloud her judgment. surrounding her
0:55.0	confidence, and she lost sight of the shoreline,
0:56.0	her confidence, and she gave in.
0:59.0	I think that oftentimes my faith in Jesus has looked similar to this.
1:05.1	When things are sunny, when I can clearly see the goodness of God, the way that God is at work,
1:10.6	growing me, building his kingdom, bringing blessing into my life and the lives of others,
1:15.3	it in those times that I feel energized to follow him, to obey him, to trust in him.
1:20.9	But when the clouds come in, when I can't see him clearly, when he seems far off, when it doesn't
1:27.0	seem like he is who he said he is, when things are difficult and I face the fog of depression anxiety illness loss
1:35.2	injustice evil well it's in those moments that I wonder if he is truly good
1:41.5	I doubt his promises I doubt his promises. I doubt his character. I lose sight of who God is and I don't know if I have the motivation to keep going, to keep serving, to keep building his kingdom of love, justice, and mercy.
1:57.0	A quick Google search will tell you that many, many people are asking the question,
2:02.0	why does God let bad things happen to good people?
2:06.0	That very question exposes something that we believe about God in ourselves.
2:11.0	We believe that God promises a good life to good people. We believe
2:16.9	that a good life means an easy blessing-filled difficulty-free life and we believe that if we believe in him and do the right things we deserve the good life.
2:27.0	Now it makes sense why the prosperity gospel of false belief that the Bible promises good things in this life like blessings and
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