Discover

• We are unable to interpret challenges in this life without the discernment God provides (119:65-66).
• If God is good, everything He does must be good (119:67-68). 
• A hard-hearted posture misses out on what God can teach us through opposition (119:69-72).
• Those who suffer well prepare the hopeful path for those who will follow behind (119:73-74).
• God knows how much affliction we require and how long we can endure it (119:75-77).
• We must decide if we will allow adversity to encourage disobedience or devotion (119:78-80).

Decide 

• You must interpret your afflictions through a wider lens than just the present view.
• The manner in which you suffer provides a template for others to repeat or reject.
• Understand that God brings judgment to His enemies and discipline to His children.
• If God is unable to stop our afflictions, then He is not powerful.
• If God is unavailable to stop our afflictions, then He is not caring.
• If God is unwilling to stop our afflictions, then He must be purposeful.
• The only answer we may ever have regarding our afflictions in this life is that they drew us closer to God.

Memory Verse

• Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word (Psalm 119:67).