God is our refuge and strength,
a helper who is always found
in times of trouble.
Therefore we will not be afraid,
though the earth trembles
and the mountains topple
into the depths of the seas,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with its turmoil.
~ Psalm 46 (HCSB)
God is always found in times of trouble.
We can know that this is true because it is promised in Psalm 46. Why do some of us need to wait until everything is burning down around us before we will seek Him with all of our heart? I don’t know.
And I don’t have to know why. And neither do you.
The point is that God has made Himself freely accessible to you and to me. We have to learn to refuse the influences that would come against this idea.
The enemy wants us to believe that God will not help us. He wants us to believe that God has abandoned us. He will stop at nothing to convey this idea, but it is a lie nonetheless. God has given us everything. He has opened heaven and beckons us freely to come in and sit down with Him there. We can do it here and now. We can respond to life from this place of rest and power, and only in so doing can we realize our destiny in this world.
No matter what else is going on in your life, no matter what troubles are rising up against your soul…choose to focus on the ever-present availability of God. Make Him your first priority in all things, and you will find that He is faithful. Despite it all, God is faithful.
