What do you do when the attacks of life come? Do you get into despair? Do you focus on your inability to solve your problems, or do you focus on God‘s ability and His faithfulness to bring you through?
Don’t Discount a Miracle
In 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, the apostle Paul speaks personally and gives us a picture of the dreadful problems he was going through when he said, We are troubled on every side, yet we’re not distressed; we’re perplexed, but we’re not in despair; we’re persecuted, but we are not forsaken; we’re cast down, but we’re not destroyed.
In other words, Paul was saying, “The attacks of life come to all of us. But when you’re hit, don’t give up and don’t get into fear. No matter how big or how bad the problem is, God is bigger! Stand strong in your faith and declare, ‘My God will deliver me!’” Isn’t that what Moses said when he stood at the edge of the Red Sea, with Pharaoh’s armies chasing him from behind? He said, Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord (Exodus 14:13).
Moses and the Israelites were surrounded by trouble on every side. There was a roaring sea in front of them and a whole army of Egyptians thundering down on them from behind. It seemed as if there was no way out, but God brought a great miracle. He divided the waters of the sea so the people could walk across on dry land!
And in the midst of whatever problem you’re facing, God can do the same for you!
You Have the Power
Louis L’Amour, one of the great western writers, has a saying he often uses to describe his leading characters. He says, “That man takes a lot of killin’,” meaning there was no quit in him! And that’s a picture of you and me when we refuse to give up in the midst of our problems! That’s you and me, declaring by faith, “I may fall down, but I won’t stay down!”
No matter what you’re going through, God is faithful. If you’ve fallen, you can get up and dust yourself off. If somebody has slung mud at you, don’t try to wipe it off while it’s still wet. Let it dry. Then you can just flick it off!
If someone has done something horrible to you, give them to God. Say, “God, forgive them. They don’t have a clue about what they’re doing.”
That’s what Jesus did that dark Friday afternoon as He forgave those who had put Him on the Cross…as He hung there for you and me. Then He rose again on Sunday to purchase our salvation and—through His Spirit–to give us the power to overcome anything that comes against us. For we are more than conquerors, Romans 8:37 tells us, through [Christ] who loved us.
Go To the Source
If you’ve never made a full commitment of your life to the One who died for you and whose power can make you an overcomer, Richard Roberts encourage you to pray this prayer with me right now:
Lord Jesus, I, Richard Roberts, ask You to come into my heart, forgive my sins, and turn my whole life around. Lord, help me remember that it’s not about me. It’s about You… and the Resurrection power You give me to overcome life’s problems. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
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