"Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall
glorify Me."
One of the reasons God gives us troubles, is so that se will call upon Him. After all, when we feel carnally secure and complacent, we sense no urgent need to pray to the Lord. God promises to deliver those who call on Him in their difficulties. Since life in this world will not cease to be full of trials, let us make good use of them, and seek God earnestly.
When the Lord answers our prayers, and lifts us up, then we will "glorify" Him. In doing this, we get a taste of heaven, and we are encouraged to continue pressing on down here.
[Puritan quote of the day: "You may go a great way and yet perish if you lack one thing, even that good thing, a heart so renewed as to prize Christ above this world." --Cotton Mather, in his sermon, "The Best Ornaments of Youth"]
