Trusting God in Our Hurts
Pastor Jun Park
September 14, 2025
Psalm 55:1-7 (ESV)
55 Give ear to my prayer, O God,
and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!
2 Attend to me, and answer me;
I am restless in my complaint and I moan,
3 because of the noise of the enemy,
because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they drop trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.
4 My heart is in anguish within me;
the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5 Fear and trembling come upon me,
and horror overwhelms me.
6 And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest;
7 yes, I would wander far away;
I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
Psalm 55:22-23 (ESV)
22 Cast your burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.
23 But you, O God, will cast them down
into the pit of destruction;
men of blood and treachery
shall not live out half their days.
But I will trust in you.
Main Idea: This Psalm is important for us because it reveals the raw emotions and pain we will feel when we are hurt by someone close to us, but also our psalmist presents an inspired example of how we ought to deal with hurt and pain.
I. Temptation of Escape (v.6-8)
6 And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest;
7 yes, I would wander far away;
I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
8 I would hurry to find a shelter
from the raging wind and tempest.”
II. Emotion of anger (v.9, 15)
9 Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues;
for I see violence and strife in the city.
15 Let death steal over them;
let them go down to Sheol alive;
for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
III. Trusting God in our turmoil and betrayal (v.22-23)
22 Cast your burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.
23 But you, O God, will cast them down
into the pit of destruction;
men of blood and treachery
shall not live out half their days.
But I will trust in you.