Most Thursday’s we have a devotional with a bit of music, and today we’ve got Even Then by Micah Tyler.
On the nights when the dark lasts a little bit longer
When the wind and the storm is a little bit stronger
When the fear in my heart dips a little bit deeper
When my faith to stand gets a little bit weakerWhere could I run to?
Where could I go?
There will be times in our lives when things get tough, when we experience periods where we think ‘Where are you Lord?’, when we have doubts of emotion and feel as if nothing will ever get any better.
I read recently that when things are happening that we don’t understand, we must fall back on the things we do understand. When life gets rough and tough where do we run, where do we go?
Psalm 73 offers a very present help in times of need and trouble,
Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you hold my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
It should come as a great comfort to us that the Lord never lets go (John 10.28) of those who have turned to Him in faith. When the dark, stormy, fear-filled times come along, we have an ever present help in our times of need. We must turn first and foremost to the Word of God in times of trouble, not our own feelings, not someone else’s experience, the solid, tried, true, and tested Word of God.
It is always good to start with the Bible, where there is explicit teaching on every condition…
D.Martin Lloyd-Jones
He is our refuge and strength, He is in our midst, He will help, He is with us.
We need only be still and know that the Lord of hosts is with us (Psalm 46).
James Travis 