Winning over Pain I

TEXT: II Sam. 12:1-5, MORE LESSONS: Job 1:12

Pain is part of human experience that comes once in a while. The first thing to note about pain is that it is very unpleasant. However, if you are in pain, I want you to know that there is a way through it and you can win over pain. No two people have the same pain, or experience it in the same way.

But whichever yours is, you can overcome it. The effect of pain on a man's life is mostly determined by how he handles it. It is important to note that a king so powerful and loved of God like David could have such experience of pain as he had in the text above. But it was David's sinful act that led to his pain, Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him…. II Sam. 12:9.

God gave His judgment, Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die v14.

The baby became very sick, which was a painful period, David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth v16. First, David prayed and pleaded with God. Handling painful/difficult situations begins with prayer. You must never get to a state of not praying. You need to pray to ask for forgiveness of your sins, in case an act of sin was responsible. It is more profitable to pray in time of grief or pain than to cry, or lose control of oneself. David prayed; never get too sad to pray. Prayer is a positive act in pain, anything less than prayer is an unproductive act and it must be avoided no matter how consoling it looks. When life challenges come, prayer is the first anchor as David says, From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I Ps. 61:2.

PRAYER / ACTION

* Ask God to grant you grace to win over any pain that confronts you.

* Ask for strength, wisdom and grace to handle pain with God's standard.

* Tell the Lord when your heart is overwhelmed you will not go to any other place than to Him.

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