Never Doubt that He Is Working It Out!

 

Psalm 86:1-7 (NLT)
“1 A prayer of David. Bend down, O LORD, and hear my prayer; answer me, for I need your help. 2 Protect me, for I am devoted to you. Save me, for I serve you and trust you. You are my God. 3 Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I am calling on you constantly. 4 Give me happiness, O Lord, for I give myself to you. 5 O Lord, you are so good, so ready to forgive, so full of unfailing love for all who ask for your help. 6 Listen closely to my prayer, O LORD; hear my urgent cry. 7 I will call to you whenever I’m in trouble, and you will answer me.”

 Like the psalmist, David, many believers are crying out to our Lord and Savior urgently. Some have said that they’ve never seen such heartache and despair, and it is everywhere they turn. Some believers are giving up their walk with God all together. Why? Well, one of the reasons might be that they’ve never faced tumultuous times like these before, and they have not yet trained themselves to endure and trust in God regardless of conditions or situations. They’ve always had family or friends to be there for them, or situations in the past just worked out for them. But when folks you usually lean on are in worse shape than you – then what! The 'then what' is a place where God has always been right by your side, waiting on you to trust Him with all your heart.

 In the passage of Psalm 86:1-7(NLT), we witness a cry for help through David’s prayer to God, and again, it is incredibly relevant today. Our Lord and Savior made it clear that in life, you and I can expect to go through trials and tribulations. God does not cause these things to happen, but through them we must learn to walk in His strength. This means that trials and tribulations are opportunities to train our minds so that we look at life’s challenges the same way that Jesus Christ did. To him, troubles were opportunities to see God exercise His mighty power. This is why the Apostle Paul said in Romans 5:3-5(NLT), “3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. 4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. 5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.”

Romans 5:3-5 doesn’t mean that we’re to be gluttons for punishment. It’s not telling us that we have to sit back and be a punching bag for the devil, and it doesn’t mean that we have to feel like skipping through fields of daisies while facing some of the toughest times of our lives. No. The Apostle Paul is revealing that our faith in God must be strengthened, and we have to build it up through believing God’s Word, especially when we face adversity. This is what Jesus Christ did when he was tempted by the devil. Each time, he faced the challenge with “IT IS WRITTEN!” Ephesians 6:17 tells us that the Word is the Spirit’s sword. God’s Word is life to us! It cannot fail.

 Romans 10:17 tells us faith comes by hearing God’s Word. We must endure in faith by trusting the promises of God’s Word no matter how things look, because this is what it means to trust that God will deliver us. He will help us because His Word says He will. We must believe God, and not the devil. We must learn to walk in the victory of Jesus Christ even though our eyes might not see it yet. You and I must prove that we believe in God by trusting in Him through the most difficult challenges that we may face in life.

 In the thick of it, we are tempted to let our minds think that God has caused our trials, tribulations, and troubles. Some of us will even think that He is punishing us. None of this is true. We have an enemy lurking around, and this enemy is the devil who seeks to attack us in our most vulnerable places. So that we will not place our trust in God, the devil pulls all kinds of tricks and plots. When we let the fear of the devil’s dirty dealings cause us to sink and give up, instead of standing on what God says in His Word, it means that we are allowing doubt to operate in our hearts instead of faith. We can change this through prayer and by studying God’s Word, so that we trust God’s Word more and more.

God tells us in Romans 8:28 that HE will cause ALL things to work together for our good. As we are going through a wilderness experience, dealing with troubles and tribulations, we must remember Romans 8:28. This is extremely important to prevent the emotional and mental exhaustion that we sometimes go through. God’s Word tells us in Nehemiah 8:10 that the joy of the Lord is our strength. God created you, and He is happy about it! He wants you to be happy and blessed in Him. He has all power in His hands and He will rescue you if you place your trust in Him alone through Jesus Christ. He does not want you to be weak. Through Christ, God has made you strong. Claim and confess this continually. Never give up on your relationship with God or your faith in Him!■

 Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

“Never Doubt that He Is Working It Out”, written by Kim for https://rescuefromdomesticviolence.blogspot.com© 2021. All rights reserved. All praise and honor to God through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.