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I was reading my Bible this morning and Psalm 46:1 stuck out to me.
God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.
That resonated with me because I am in trouble right now. It's more like peril but it is there. I hate my job and I'm fighting a bad attitude all the time. So, it is in these times where I go to God--and He's always ready to help.
I'm constantly exasperated and even the thought of going to my job is depressing but when I am feeling like this, I go to God who is my refuge and more importantly right now, my strength. And He's always ready to help.
I might think, "Well, how do I know?" Because I am a friend of God because I have accepted His Son as my Lord and Savior. That being the case, God is willing to help me in my time of trouble. No matter how small it may seem, He is always ready to help in my time of trouble. Physical trouble. Emotional trouble. Spiritual trouble. It doesn't matter. He's always ready to help in times of trouble.
When I've lost all my strength, which I have, I can get His strength. When I haven't lost all my strength, I can get His. He's always ready to help.
He's at the battle station constantly ready to help the ones He created. That's pretty crazy.
That also sets an example for me for the way I should live. I should always be ready to help people in times of trouble--following the example of my Father. Not only should I call on Him but I should also be like Him and in this time of my life, I need help and I need to be help to others. How terrible would it be for me to not help others and then expect God to help me. That's just stupid. I'm not going to help people just so God can help me but it seems only Christ-like to help others when they need my help as God would help me when I need His help.
If others don't know how to cry out to God yet, then that's okay. They can lean on me for a time, as I lean on Christ but at some point, they're going to have think about going to the same person that I go to. I'm only human. I can't do everything God can do. Why go to a limited, faulty resource when someone can go to an unlimited, perfect source?
God is my refuge and my strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. That is a good God to be able to do something like that for us.
God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.
That resonated with me because I am in trouble right now. It's more like peril but it is there. I hate my job and I'm fighting a bad attitude all the time. So, it is in these times where I go to God--and He's always ready to help.
I'm constantly exasperated and even the thought of going to my job is depressing but when I am feeling like this, I go to God who is my refuge and more importantly right now, my strength. And He's always ready to help.
I might think, "Well, how do I know?" Because I am a friend of God because I have accepted His Son as my Lord and Savior. That being the case, God is willing to help me in my time of trouble. No matter how small it may seem, He is always ready to help in my time of trouble. Physical trouble. Emotional trouble. Spiritual trouble. It doesn't matter. He's always ready to help in times of trouble.
When I've lost all my strength, which I have, I can get His strength. When I haven't lost all my strength, I can get His. He's always ready to help.
He's at the battle station constantly ready to help the ones He created. That's pretty crazy.
That also sets an example for me for the way I should live. I should always be ready to help people in times of trouble--following the example of my Father. Not only should I call on Him but I should also be like Him and in this time of my life, I need help and I need to be help to others. How terrible would it be for me to not help others and then expect God to help me. That's just stupid. I'm not going to help people just so God can help me but it seems only Christ-like to help others when they need my help as God would help me when I need His help.
If others don't know how to cry out to God yet, then that's okay. They can lean on me for a time, as I lean on Christ but at some point, they're going to have think about going to the same person that I go to. I'm only human. I can't do everything God can do. Why go to a limited, faulty resource when someone can go to an unlimited, perfect source?
God is my refuge and my strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. That is a good God to be able to do something like that for us.