The Day of Trouble

If there is one thing in this life you can be certain of it's that change happens - things do not stay the same forever. And often, the day of change is a day of trouble. Even for the Christian, the day of trouble is on the horizon. 

God never promised us a life of ease, what he promised was, "I will never leave you as orphans" (John 14:18).  The promise is not that we will be problem free but that he would not abandon us in times of trouble. 

Conversely He says, "...call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me (Psa 50:15).  In this passage, we discover that we can expect the day of trouble, that we need to call on God and that He will provide reason for us to praise Hm. 

God does not expect or even want us to go it alone or pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps.  He wants us to call on Him, He wants us to be God-dependent not self-reliant.  God does not give us more than we can handle as long as we lean on or, as Jesus put it, "be yoked with" (Matt 11:28-30) Him.  

The day of trouble has likely already visited you and it is invariably coming again. Times and circumstances are always changing and often not for the better. But God does not change and He will not leave us. We can calmly face the day of trouble knowing God will deliver us when we call upon Him and we will praise Him for His deliverance. 

Jus' Sayn.