Keep Our Faith and Trust In God!

Trust in yourself, and you are doomed to disappointment; trust in your friends, and they will die and leave you; trust in money, and you may have it taken from you; trust in reputation, and some slanderous tongue may blast it; but trust in God, and you are never to be confounded in time or eternity.  -D. L. Moody
 

 When we experience difficult trials and tribulations, we normally pray to God and ask Him for immediate relief. However, as we all know, God answers prayer in His own time, so we may not receive immediate help from Him. We may have to go through many days, or weeks, or months or years of trying times.

And after suffering awhile we start wondering why God hasn't intervened. We begin questioning ourselves. What have I done to deserve this and then we begin to question whether or not God even cares. We feel as though God has abandoned us and that He is nowhere to be found. We feel alone and isolated from God. 

 

Do you find it difficult to trust God through times of crisis?  Even when it seems things are out of control, and it seems God is absent we can trust Him. You can trust God in times of crisis. We can learn this from our own experience. But we also learn this by observing Christ in his crisis.

God has good purposes that we don’t yet fully know for our troubles Does God usually tell us the outcome while we are in crisis? Not usually. We usually have to trust him without knowing the outcome. God knows the outcome so we can trust Him! 

Tip: When we go through tough times, the most important thing for us to do is to keep our faith in God. Faith is important to God.

The Bible teaches us that we are going to suffer in many different ways. And when we suffer, let us remember these three important principles: (a) If we are faithful, God is present, even when He seems far away; (b) God’s timing is perfect, even when He appears catastrophically late; and (c) During our times of suffering, the most important thing to do is keep our faith and trust in God.

I’m sure God has already been speaking to you for some time in many ways. He is the one asking you to trust him. Some of you are afraid to make that leap of commitment. What is your alternative? Listen again to the call of God. He says, trust me. Jump!

Scripture: Joshua 1:9; Psalms 9:10; Psalms 13:5; Psalms 31:14; Psalms 84:12; Proverbs 3:5; John 14:1; Romans 15:13; Isaiah 12:2

Prayer: O Christ Jesus, when all is darkness and we feel our weakness and helplessness, give us the sense of Your presence, Your love, and Your strength. Help us to have perfect trust in Your protecting love and strengthening power, so that nothing may frighten or worry us, for, living close to You, we shall see Your hand, Your purpose, Your will through all things.

May God bless you always,

Colleen