Today's encouragement comes from Psalm 50:15, where we read these words:
"Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me."
God brings trouble to us, His people, so that we will cry out to Him. The Lord is pleased when we exercise faith (see Heb. 11:6)—and faith is mostly de-monstrated through our Christ-honoring responses to difficulties. Faith takes practical expression in and through prayer.
Are we in any trouble today? If so, this is all right, because through Jesus we have our powerful and good God to go to. Life is less about how to avoid hardship; and a lot more about how to take advantage of the opportunities it affords us (to know Christ better).
[Puritan quote of the day: "We should labor to give the best interpretation to the actions of governors that the nature of the actions will possibly bear.”
—Richard Sibbes, in, "The Bruised Reed"]
These are Pastor Mark J. Henninger's daily devotions. May God bless them to your heart. If you wish to have these sent directly to your email box, please contact me, at: MarkJHenninger@gmail.com
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