“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28 Sometimes it is easier to escape than to endure. Life gets so difficult that there seems to be no way out our troubles. The torturous events go on and on. One negative experience follows on the tail of the previous one until we are covered with an avalanche of destruction all around us. People say, “Trouble comes in threes”, but sometimes, that is an understatement!
I wrote a song that speaks
to this topic:
When my ship is all but
sunken, And my treasure’s lost at sea,
When my crew has all deserted
And I know not the fate of me.
When the paycheck’s always
shrinking,
And the landlord upped my
rent.When my friends all turn against me
And my motorcycle’s bent.
I will put my trust in
Jesus.
I will call upon His name.And I know my battle cry
Will still remain,
The battle is the Lord’s.
Hallelujah!
The battle is the Lord’s.
Praise the Lord!The battle is the Lord’s. Glory, glory!
The battle is the Lord’s forevermore.
In God’s economy, it is never
time to give up. Remember what He did with so many of the Biblical saints? He
waited until Job lost everything before He gave Job more than he had to start
with (Job 6:8-9). He sent angels to rescue Daniel only after he was in the
lion's den (Daniel 6:19-21). God rescued Peter from prison the night before he
was to be executed (Acts 12:4-11). Paul says God rescued him after he had the
"sentence of death" within him (2 Corinthians 1:9).
He works like this in all of
our lives. He waits until the last minute according to our timetable. That is
why people call Him “The God of 11:59”.
He is actually always on time, according to His time schedule. He always
rescues us right on time and with an abundance of blessings that follow. We
find joy
Habakkuk really had a rough
time too. His fig trees refused to blossom. His vines produced no grapes. His
olive crop failed and his fields yielded no produce. Even his livestock
dwindled until there was nothing left. But, he had a battle cry similar to
mine. He said, “Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, and be joyful in God my Savior.
The Sovereign Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of a deer, He
enables me to go on the heights" (Habakkuk 3:17-19). We can always set our
hope in God, because He will deliver us continually (2 Corinthians 1:10).
Prayer:
Lord Jesus, when I see
nothing but shadows all around me, Your Word shines a light on my path and
gives me a lamp for my feet (Psalm 119:105). It keeps me from stumbling in the darkness.
Therefore, even in this dark time, I can grasp Your hand and hold on. You alone
are my hope (1 Timothy 4:10).
Thought for the Day:
God always brings us victory
out of defeat. (Thank you, Ann Hill, for sharing your lovely photo.)
