"Luvin' dat trouble!"
Numbers 16:41-18:32
Mark 16:1-20
Psalm 55:1-23
Proverbs 11:7
There are times when the season we are in is just plain difficult. The personality of the trial can vary, but often it can bring discouragement, despair, frustration, hurt, and a variety of other "baggage".
The trial can bring weariness. David is going through such a time in Psalm 55. There are times when we feel like David where we want to say as he did in verse 6-8. "Oh, for wings like a dove, to fly away and rest! I would fly to the far-off deserts and stay there. I would flee to some refuge from all this storm." I probably wouldn't have said "desert". Maybe more of a "beach" setting! But either way, we just want to run from the storm.
The source of the trial can sometimes hurt more than the trial itself. David's sorrow is that his "enemy" is "my companion and my friend." (vs.13)
Regardless of the type of storm it is, who is the source of it, the truths of vs 16-18 ring out. "But I will call upon the Lord to save me - and he will. I will pray morning, noon, and night, pleading aloud with God; and he will hear and answer. Though the tide of battle runs strongly against me, for so many are fighting me, yet he will rescue me."
No matter what, we are to call upon the Lord, and he will rescue. Verse 22 says, "Give your burdens to the Lord. He will carry them."
As much as we would like to flee, most of the time the Lord has us in the middle of the storm for a purpose. We must allow him to complete his work in us. We need to remember to not try to carry the burden on our own. Even though the waves are high, He is faithful. He will carry the burden for us. It may not reduce the size of the wave right away, but we don't have to make it worse with worry. He will carry us through. Trust in Him.
Why is there Trouble? We have trouble so we can serve out of a pure heart of faith. So we will be able to help someone else. Troubles cause us to run to God. They carve us into the image of Christ. They cause us to get our mind off of this world and our mind on heaven.
Allow any difficulty to complete Christ's work in you. Encourage one another in the same way.
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