RANDOM ADVICE FOR DIFFICULT DAYS

 

Sunday, July 24, 2022

 

RANDOM ADVICE FOR DIFFICULT DAYS

 

Prov 20:18

18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

 

          Some mornings spring up with great energy and excitement while others drag themselves unwillingly out of bed. We live in difficult days, and it seems clear they will increase in difficulty. Today may present more than its share of life stuff. If I am to encourage you regarding your day I must first overcome. With that in mind let me offer you some random advice for difficult days.

 

Cast the burden of the present, along with the sin of the past and the fear of the future, upon the Lord. He will not forsake his saints!

 

2 Cor 1:10

10 Who [He] delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

 

Ps 55:22

22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain [maintain and nourish] thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved [to slip].

 

He has delivered us in times past – is delivering us now – and will deliver us in the future.

 

God can use your small faith. Do not discount it or toss it away!

 

Luke 17:6

6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

 

Expect friends to fail you. We live in a failing world. Trust God alone!

 

Ps 146:3-5

3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

 

Serve the Lord with fresh vigor especially when there are no visible results. Anyone can go from one victory to another. It takes real character to press ahead in the face of defeat!

 

Gal 6:9

9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not [if we don’t quit].

 

Find a safe place to hide when the going gets really tough!

 

Ps 3:3

3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

 

Ah, Lord God! Sometimes we do not feel like the “more than conquerors” that Paul said we are. Let us run and hide behind your shield today. Lift up our heads, oh Lord. AMEN