MAR 22

Psalm 119:41-48
Memorise Psalm 119:42
“So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me…“

Imagine this is happening to you – you are in trouble! Somebody is reproaching or taunting you, and saying: “if you are a Christian, why are you in such troubles? See, I’m not a Christian, and I’m better than you! Where is your God?”

How are you going to answer him?

Learn from the Psalm how to answer him! Pray to God for His grace and His mercy. Pray that He will save you from this situation. For it is only by His help that we can triumph over our enemies! You can answer him because you have experienced God’s grace and mercy as you went through previous trials and have trusted in Him. You know you can trust what God has promised in His Word! This is the firm and resolute conviction that we must have in the Word. We must be able to say in our heart, that no matter what happens, we will always trust in the promises of God. People may mock us, circumstances may try us, our loved ones may disappoint us, but always be able to cry out in the midst of adversity “I trust in Thy Word!”

Listen to what Peter said in 1 Peter 1:6-7: “Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:”

So, remember – when you are going through trials, it is often God’s way of testing you, so that you can learn to trust Him more and more each day! How reassuring, too, that we know He sent trials to us only “for a little while, if necessary”!

“Trust and obey, for there’s no other way, to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey”.

Thought: The God of Heaven and Earth is the “guarantor” behind His Word!
Prayer: Lord, help me to trust in Thy Word, for this is the inheritance Thou has bequeathed on us.