Verse of the day: Exodus
2:24-25 So God
heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac,
and with Jacob. 25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God
acknowledged them.
It
amazes me how often we, the born again believer, relies on something, or
someone, other than God, when we find ourselves in difficult situations. Too
often, our first response to challenging time is to turn to our own ability to
resolve issue using our own wisdom. The Word of God tells us, in Proverbs
3:5-6, “Trust in
the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on
your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He
shall direct your paths.” We turn to our available resources, whether
money or other material resources. We even turn to other people, such as
friends, family, or someone else. Psalm 60:11 tells us, “Give us help from trouble,
for the help of man is useless.”
This does not mean that God cannot send us someone to be a blessing, and a
help, in our times of need; or use us to be a blessing in someone else’s life
in their time of need. What I speak of is going to people who God did not put
before us to be a help. Moses tried to help God’s people initially, but he had
not be sent by God for that specific reason yet and failed miserably. When
Moses looked upon what his brethren were suffering, he looked upon them with
pity, but could do nothing to help them escape their oppression. However, when
God looked upon the Hebrew people’s suffering, the difference was that He was
the only One who could actually do something about their suffering. Unlike our
human relations that we put our trust in, it is God who hears our prayers, and truly
knows our groaning. It is God who remembers and keeps His promises to us. Regardless
of the circumstances, or how we got there, God is faithful, and is the only One
who knows exactly what is going on (and knows details that we are not even
aware of). Only God knows exactly what we need to do, and how long we need to
stay in our current circumstances to make them most profitable for us in getting
to know who He is, and seeing what needs to change in our life. He also knows
exactly what will bring Him the most glory from our circumstances. All too
often, we, in desperation, to get out of whatever is going on in our lives,
turn to things and people that only complicate our situation further. However,
when we trust God to see us through our difficulties, the results will always
be better for us then we could ever anticipate. The bottom line is that when
troubling times come our way, whatever they are, we must turn in prayer to God
first. When we are in the midst of our suffering, and think that God does not
care, remember, God never forgets His promises to us. He loves us enough to
send His only begotten Son to die for us, and give us eternal life. God always remembers.
When we suffer, and think that we are alone, God is looking upon our suffering,
and promised to never leave us alone (Hebrews 13:5-6). When we think God is
doing nothing, hold on to the hope we have in Christ, because it is when we are
about to give up that God shows up in a great way that we usually do not
expect. Psalm 18:30 reminds us, “As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.”
When it is all said and done, it is God, and God, and God, and God.
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