December 6: Deuteronomy 8:2; Deuteronomy 8:5–6; Job 23:10–11; Psalm 119:71; Romans 8:17–18; Hebrews 5:8; 1 Samuel 2:9; 1 Samuel 17:45; 1 Samuel 17:49–50; 1 Chronicles 29:12; Psalm 33:16; Psalm 33:18; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10 - a podcast by Crossway

It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes.

Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.—We suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

“But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.”

“And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not…. Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you. So you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him.

Deuteronomy 8:2(Listen)

2 And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

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Deuteronomy 8:5–6(Listen)

5 Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you.6 So you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him.

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Job 23:10–11(Listen)

10   But he knows the way that I take;
    when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.
11   My foot has held fast to his steps;
    I have kept his way and have not turned aside.

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Psalm 119:71(Listen)

71   It is good for me that I was afflicted,
    that I might learn your statutes.

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Romans 8:17–18(Listen)

17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Future Glory

18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

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Hebrews 5:8(Listen)

8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.

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“Not by might shall a man prevail.”

Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.”… And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it…. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone.

The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength…. Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love.—Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.

I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

1 Samuel 2:9(Listen)

9   “He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
    but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,
    for not by might shall a man prevail.

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1 Samuel 17:45(Listen)

45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

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1 Samuel 17:49–50(Listen)

49 And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.

50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David.

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1 Chronicles 29:12(Listen)

12 Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.

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Psalm 33:16(Listen)

16   The king is not saved by his great army;
    a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

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Psalm 33:18(Listen)

18   Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him,
    on those who hope in his steadfast love,

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2 Corinthians 12:9–10(Listen)

9 But he said to me,“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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