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GOING TO GOD INSTEAD OF RUNNING FROM HIM IN DIFFICULT TIMES

 

I find that when life throws me a curve I tend to rely on my own resources to handle it. How foolish and conceited. I’m foolish because trusting in self is like going to the desert for water. I’m conceited because I think I can rescue myself when I really need rescuing.

 

Thankfully the Bible points me gently back to a better way. Look at the following verses.

 

• Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! (Psalm 130:1)
• Deliver me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters. (Psalm 69:14)
• I called on your name, O Lord, from the depths of the pit; (Lamentations 3:55)
• I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. (Jonah 2:2)

 

What direction does the Bible point us when trouble comes? Back to God. Where else have we to go?

 

This past week I received an email from a friend at Christ Community that showed me so much Christian maturity. I’ve pasted an excerpt below.

 

“I am doing better too, spending more time with God because at the moment, my relationship with him is my only source of satisfaction and spiritual fuel in life. I now realise that all my hope for the future is in him, because I have no ability in myself to bring anything good to fruition in my current state. I guess this was always the case, but I just didn’t really believe it in my heart until now. My circumstances have forced me to put biblical truth into practice, making me desperately trust God for pretty much everything. I guess that is one of His purposes from this whole painful saga.”

 

I’m humbled and strengthened. Where are you going with your troubles? Who are you turning to? What are you seeking to comfort yourself with in light of hard times? God is sufficient. God is a faithful friend. God is able.

 

Father, convince us that you are sufficient so we will say, “Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!”

 

Grace to you,

 

David Cunningham

david@christcommunity.org.au