"Why, O Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?" (Psalm 10:1, NIV)
Are ther times when you feel that God is out of your reach, that you are not connecting? I am sure there have been times like that for many Christian believers. There were times like
that for some of the biblical characters as well.Take Elijah, for instance, who ...
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"As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today." Gen 50:20 ESV For everything that I have endured to get to where I am in Christ today, I am grateful. Because through every situation I gained knowledge, understanding, wisdom, patience, strength, and compassion. Through my strength and compassion, through my testimony, through wisdom, and through the fulfillment of my purpose, people will be saved.
"Double for your trouble" is the word that God spoke into my life recently. When everything seems to be falling apart around you, don't give up or lose hope. God is still speaking calm words during raging storms.
Are you "in a place" where you cannot move to the left of to the right? If so, you are in just the right place for God to work. God specializes in getting us out of tight spots. The Bible is filled with instances where God has come to the rescue.
Do you need God to come to your rescue?
Speak the word over your own life, your own situation. Call forth those things that are not as though they already were! Activate your faith during these treacherous times. Take out your Bible and pull out powerful words of hope.
16 Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul. 17 I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue. 18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 19 But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. Psalm 67:16-19
"My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives." Hebrews 12:5b-6 ESV
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Hebrews 12:11 ESV
9 My enemies will retreat when I call to you for help. This I know: God is on my side! 10 I praise God for what he has promised; Yes, I praise the Lord for what he has promised. 11 I trust in God, so why should I be afraid? What can mere mortals do to me?