When the Curse Comes Close

The useful part

Listen to Theology Refresh → Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. A lot of our neighbors deal with tree roots in their drain lines that have to be cleared out once a year.

How it works

• How much of life while we wait here on earth feels a little like we're somewhere between clogs two and three?
• In the darkness, David sneaked up and cut off a piece of Saul's robe, and he showed it to him later to prove his loyalty.
• The world isn't how it should be, and the curse is coming close again.
• Or frustrating dynamics at work that linger over months and months.
• That's not the world you promised me when I chose to follow you.

What to take from it

Now with this new trouble, David reached back for the song he wrote outside that cave — love above the heavens, faithfulness to the clouds. As I studied Psalm 108 this week (and did a couple loads of laundry), all those clogs came to mind again, because they're a picture of verse 12: "Oh grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!" The salvation of man is like a horrible triple clog, flooding the house over and over and over again. Piles and piles of doctor visits, and the problem still won't go away.

Example or evidence

• He cleared the drain like he had many times before, but just three months later the laundry room flooded again.
• A couple hours later, though, we run the washer and there's more water in the laundry room.
• We see that the floor drain in the laundry room is badly clogged, and so he clears that one.
• As he does that, we run the washer again and realize that the sink drain is also clogged.

Details worth keeping

When the Curse Comes Close | Desiring God Less fluff. So, when he's done, we can see that the drain is actually clear this time. We bring the camera guy back, and he confirms the main drain is clear.

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