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Thursday... When the trouble is over, then what?


Thursday... When the trouble is over, then what?

Trouble it seems is a time that we turn to God, isn't it?

David says in Psalm 57:1 (NIV), "Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster is over." Then in verse 7 (NLT) he says, "My heart is confident in you, O God; my heart is confident. No wonder I can sing your praises."

When we don't have what it takes to handle a situation, we have found that we can turn to God. That is so great to know. And it gives us confidence that we can handle a new day. But then Proverbs 27:1 says, "Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring." And then verse 12 says, "The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty."

But look at what Jesus did. Over in John 7 we read of the battles that Jesus faced and then in the last verse, verse 53 (NIV), it says, "Then they all went home." After their struggles, their battles, they went home. And we many times do that too. When the trouble is over we go to where we believe we can handle it and we go to our place of confidence and we say that God took care of that and now we can handle the rest. It is during our troubles that we depend on God. But do you know what Jesus did at the end of his day of battles?

Verse 1 of chapter 8 says, "but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives." He went to connect with his Father. And that is what we need to do, each and every day. We don't just need God in our time of trouble, in our disasters, we need Him each and every minute of each and every day. And that is so true! Yes, Yes! #todaysbeginning



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