Day 88: When Trouble Comes A Calling On You

Day 88: When Trouble Comes A Calling On You

Read: Psalm 91

It is always somewhere where we would rather it not be. It is forever trying to pop up and surprise you when you least suspect it. It is always lurking around some corner. It is always an ever present house guest. It is always trying making itself at home. It lives, it breaths to bring a measure of lasting grief into your life at the exact moment when you absolutely do not need it. When you are nowhere near ready to receive its presence there it is. The last house guest you will ever need in your life - its trouble!

But the question that we as believers need to address today is: “What Do You Do… When Trouble Comes?” In other words, how do you respond…? How do you react…? What exactly is the correct measure… What are the appropriate steps that must be taken… If we are to make it through… When trouble comes a calling on your doorstep and you are not dressed for it. When trouble comes; you need to know how to deal with it, because in actuality, you don’t have a choice…! It is planning to stay awhile.

Psalm 91 presents us with one fundamental issue that we need to consider if we are to survive during this time of trouble and uncertainty… It lends to us, the potential advantage of how to overcome the adversity… It sheds light on what we need to do… When trouble comes…! If you want to make it through tough times… If you want to make it when trouble comes… You must first strive to remember that...

HE’S STILL GOD; OUR EVER VIGILANT PROTECTOR (verses 1 - 8): What a profound statement this is in verse one… God is our refuge…. (God is…) In other words, God is a safe place… A safety zone… A shelter from danger... He will send His angels to you. The old folks used to say; "He will hide you", “He’s a shelter in the time of storm…”

I don’t know about you, but I’ve had some storms in my life… I’ve had some troubled times in this life… I’ve had some times where it seemed like I wasn’t going to make it… Some times when I didn’t know whether I was coming or going… Some times when I didn’t know which way was up…! But I am very glad that I had a refuge…

I’m glad that I had a place of shelter… For not only does the text inform us that He’s our refuge… But Psalms 91 tells me that “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide… Under the shadow of the Almighty… For He is my refuge… And my fortress… In Him will I trust…” What I’m trying to say is that … “I’ve got a secret place…! I’ve got a shelter…! And when things get bad, I can run to the secret place…!” (“Who Can I Run To?”) I can run to God when trouble comes calling on me.

Today when you pray, pray the words of this magnificent Psalm. Make it deeply personal to your needs. Create great passion, profound purpose through your deep down desire for God alone to come calling on the trouble that came calling on you.

 

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Psalm 91
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Psalm 91 by Lincoln Brewster

Psalm 91

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Psalm 91 by Lincoln Brewster