When we are discouraged or face unexpected adversities it is good to pause and think of the greatness and goodness our God has shown in His promises to His people in His book.. He has not promised to supply all our wants, but all our needs. We sometimes get the two concepts confused. Parents normally know what is best for their children and are able to discriminate between those things they desperately want and the things that the really need. They are aware that some wanted things will be hurtful rather than helpful. Our heavenly Father is much more able to make such judgments.
Someone else has said, " Burdens, too, can often be stepping stones to higher ground." A biologist tells how he watched an ant carrying a piece of straw which seemed a big burden for it. The ant came to a crack in the earth which was too wide to cross. It stopped for a time as though pondering the situation, then it put the straw across the crack and walked over upon it and then grasped the straw and went upon its way! What a lesson for us! A burden can become a bridge for spiritual progress if we endeavour by God's help to live the overcoming life!
Yes, our God has given us so many great and precious promises and shown us that He is faithful and His promises never fail. "There hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant." (1 Kings 4:56b) Perhaps of all His promises, those that speak of brighter days and a heavenly future are the most thrilling to the soul of those who are going through tough times. He tells us that all things do work together for the ultimate good of those who love Him. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
Many may be the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord will deliver him out of them all. He may pass through the waters and rivers of trials and tribulations, but no matter how swift and terrible the flood, he will not be overwhelmed. He may walk through the fire of trouble and testing, but he will not be touched or singed by the flame. He may suffer the pain and constant irritation of a thorn in his flesh, but God's grace will be sufficient in every situation; even the valley and shadow of death.
Perhaps the most precious promises of all relate to our ultimate deliverance not only from the penalty and power of sin, but from its very presence as well. There will come a day when we will enter that city whose builder and maker is God. We will go to that dwelling place for a prepared people. Then He shall wipe away all tears from our eyes and there will be no more crying, sorrow, pain or death. His ultimate precious promise of His eternal presence with His people will have come to pass!
Someone else has said, " Burdens, too, can often be stepping stones to higher ground." A biologist tells how he watched an ant carrying a piece of straw which seemed a big burden for it. The ant came to a crack in the earth which was too wide to cross. It stopped for a time as though pondering the situation, then it put the straw across the crack and walked over upon it and then grasped the straw and went upon its way! What a lesson for us! A burden can become a bridge for spiritual progress if we endeavour by God's help to live the overcoming life!
Yes, our God has given us so many great and precious promises and shown us that He is faithful and His promises never fail. "There hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant." (1 Kings 4:56b) Perhaps of all His promises, those that speak of brighter days and a heavenly future are the most thrilling to the soul of those who are going through tough times. He tells us that all things do work together for the ultimate good of those who love Him. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
Many may be the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord will deliver him out of them all. He may pass through the waters and rivers of trials and tribulations, but no matter how swift and terrible the flood, he will not be overwhelmed. He may walk through the fire of trouble and testing, but he will not be touched or singed by the flame. He may suffer the pain and constant irritation of a thorn in his flesh, but God's grace will be sufficient in every situation; even the valley and shadow of death.
Perhaps the most precious promises of all relate to our ultimate deliverance not only from the penalty and power of sin, but from its very presence as well. There will come a day when we will enter that city whose builder and maker is God. We will go to that dwelling place for a prepared people. Then He shall wipe away all tears from our eyes and there will be no more crying, sorrow, pain or death. His ultimate precious promise of His eternal presence with His people will have come to pass!
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