Psalm 34:19
19 Many [rab] are the afflictions [ra`] of the righteous [tsaddiyq]:
but the LORD [Y@hovah] delivereth [natsal] him out of them all.
KJV-Interlinear
19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of
them all. ESV
The word for afflictions
covers a wide spectrum of difficulties that are common to humanity.
Whether you have problems
in your social life, or in your employment, in health, in business, in
education, in marriage, in family, financial problems, and the list goes on and
on and on. Thus many are the
afflictions.
Throughout history Christians
have had to endure the common day to day pressures that most of us have to face
during our lives, and in some cases they have had to endure much more gruesome atrocities
at the hands of nature or government or bureaucracy or people.
But the principle here is
that, no matter what your problems, no matter how light or severe, no matter
the duration, whether short of long lasting, all problems are solved and put
away by God, sooner or later.
Often times He removes us
from this world and that ends all hardship.
No more sorrow, no more tears, etc.
But too, many hardships
are removed while we are still here. We
endure, and we survive, and we learn and grow up as a result of our
experiences.
There is never a
guarantee of a perfect life in this life.
This is the devils world. But one
day, all problems will be removed, and that is Gods promise. Problems will never follow us into eternity.
