The Afflictions of the Righteous // Dark Night Bright Light, Part 3

<p>Some days you’re just living life the best way you know how, honouring God and then … <em>"Whamo"</em> something so unfair hits you – right out of the blue.  Sensational! It’s just not fair is it?</p> <p> </p> <h3><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>His Way, Not Ours</strong></span></h3> <p>There are times in life when bad things happen to good people. And perhaps you are someone who believes in Jesus and you have been living your life just the best way that you know how; just day after day walking with Him and all of a sudden <em>"Whamo"</em>; something happens. The sky turns dark and all of a sudden you are in one of those dark, black times that we can go through in life. A time of loss or pain or sickness or whatever it is and you kind of look around and think, "What is going on here, God? I mean I know I’m not perfect but every day I just get up and just do my best and I walk with You and now this!"</p> <p>My hunch is that there are a few people who kind of relate to that today. And so I want to deal with that because when bad things happen to good people, it’s such a shock – it seems so unfair, especially when we take a look around and we see there is a whole bunch of <em>"good"</em> things happening to some really ‘bad’ people out there. "What is going on, God?"</p> <p>Well, over these last few weeks on the programme we have been just working our way through Psalm 34 in a series that I’ve called, "Dark Night, Bright Light". Psalm 34 is a Psalm written by King David and King David was a man who went through more dark times in his life than you or I would ever hope for. And yes, he makes some mistakes but right from the beginning God had him picked as a man after His own heart. And yet David lived through so many dark and difficult times; scary times; on the run for his life from King Saul who wanted to kill him, for years; battles with enemies and it looked like he would lose and yet, God would show up.</p> <p>When you take a look at his life and you weigh David’s life on our human scale of justice, wel