Main Point: “God’s anger is only for a moment, but His love is everlasting.”

David had to face many hardships in his life. Some of the hardships he faced were results of his own sin, and others were seemingly random or arbitrary. Because David was a poet, we get a unique look into his emotional state that we often don’t get with other Biblical heroes. In the Psalms, David often shares his raw emotions and his feelings towards God. Psalms 30:1-12 gives us a glimpse into a time in David’s life where he looks back on loss and hardship and sees God's faithfulness.

1. How you see God will affect how you react to loss.

2. God desires a relationship with us.

3. Having a heart after God’s heart is the source of Joy.

As Christians, we are going to experience loss. We are going to have times of struggle and pain. And we are going to have times of correction just like David did. How our heart is postured will determine if we experience Joy or not.

Paul says consider it pure joy my brothers when you suffer persecution. Jesus told us to pick up our cross and bear it with him to achieve freedom from the bondage of sin. Loss, suffering, and pain are inevitable in life, but we serve a transformative God who multiplies loaves and fish, who changes sinners into saved and turns loss into correction and Joy. If we share a heart with God, our circumstances will not affect our joy.

So, ask yourself these few questions as we go through these hard times.

1. Do I share a heart with God?

2. Do I love the way he loves and seek after what he does?

3. Can I experience Joy in Loss?

4. Am I teachable and coachable as a person?

5. Will I praise God no matter the situation?