GHG SHORT DEVOTIONALS - 28 (TRUST GOD AND NEVER DEPART FROM HIS WAYS)

“All this has come upon us; But we have not forgotten You, Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.  Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps departed from Your way” – Psalms 44:17-18

The author of this Psalm says this beautiful statement before God once he listed out all the afflictions they were going through. They have gone through shame, failures, dejections and the list goes on. But then they say that they had not turned back from God and His ways. This Psalms was not written after their problem was over. But even as they went through tough times, they loved God and kept their faith.

Even in our lives we go through tough times and hard situations.

What we should do when we go through tough situations and in times of trouble?

1. Have faith in God.

Job 13:15  "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him…"

Job had kept his trust upon God at difficult situations. At the end, he received doublefold blessings.

Trust in God. You will receive doublefold blessings.

2. Strengthen yourself in the Lord your God.

1 Samuel 30:6 "…But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God."

Amalekites had taken away all that belongs to David and his people. David was greatly distressed as his own people thought of stoning him. But he strengthened himself in the Lord. At the end, David recovered all that was taken away.

It's not wrong to cry in tough situations. But strengthen yourself in God. Surely you will overtake your enemies and recover all that you had lost.

3. Seek God.

1 Samuel 1:10  "And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish."

Hannah went through distress and reproach. She prayed to the Lord. At the end, her sorrow was turned to joy.

Keep praying. God will remember you and bless you. Your sorrow will turn to joy.

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