Through the Psalms 2024 074: Seeing Trials Through Seasoned Eyes (Through the Psalms) Psalm 71
Jun 21, 2025
A pastor reads and teaches Psalm 71, contrasting idealized retirement with the real trials of aging. He frames the psalmist as an experienced believer asking for help and urgent deliverance. The message explores how trials mature faith, the importance of deep theology, God’s care from birth, public testimony, and passing faith to the next generation.
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Faith Grown Through Repeated Trials
- Mature faith is built by facing trials one by one and trusting God through them.
- Don Green emphasizes that seasoned trust comes from repeatedly turning to God in difficulty, not avoiding hardship.
Retirement Ads Versus Psalm 71 Reality
- Don Green contrasts retirement marketing fantasies with Psalm 71's realistic picture of old age still facing trials.
- He notes advertisers sell 'ocean breeze' retirement while the psalmist shows trials continue into later years.
Stay In The Trial And Seek God
- Do not flee trials; face them and take refuge in God so your trust deepens.
- Don Green instructs young Christians to stay in hard seasons and look to God for soul-satisfaction, not circumstantial change.
