God Will Help You In Life's Hard Places!

Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him (Proverbs 30:5).

 

When the harshness of life settles in like long monsoon rain, it gives hope to know that God your Father is taking good care of you. Some tests are of long duration. These are the times you must be rooted in the fact that God your Father always has His eye on you, and He has made promises to shield you and deliver you in the day of hardship and testing.

Tests and storms may come to your life, but the Father has promised that you’ll come through every one of them. We must never forget that underneath us are God’s everlasting arms. The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you (Deuteronomy 33:27a - NLT).

Years ago, during a particularly grueling trial, it seemed as though I would never see the end of the difficulty I was in. The Lord urged me time and again to go to His Word, and there He met me. What He shared has become very close to me now, and I often reflect on the verses He gave me. I’ll share them with you today the way the Lord gave them to me.

Remember that hard places refine you, make you better. The hard place will bring to the surface of your life the abrasive things that hinder you from God’s will coming to pass in your life. Don’t despise the hard place. Use it. When all kinds of trials and temptations crowd into your lives my brothers, don’t resent them as intruders, but welcome them as friends! Realise that they come to test your faith and to produce in you the quality of endurance. But let the process go on until that endurance is fully developed, and you will find you have become men of mature character with the right sort of independence (James 1:2-4).

If you’re in a tough place, and the test is hard, take my word for it, you will come though this thing on the other side as a better version of you than you are now. As you read the following, know that God keeps His promises!                                                                                                                                   For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock (Psalm 27:5 NIV).

The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles (Psalm 34:17 NIV).

A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all (Psalm 34:19 NIV).

The Lord redeems his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him (Psalm 34:22 NIV).

The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord; he is their stronghold in time of trouble. The Lord helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him (Psalm 37:39-40 NIV)

And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me (Psalm 50:15 NIV).

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. Selah (Psalm 46:1-3 NIV).

Because he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.  With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation (Psalm 91:14-16 NIV).