Help in Troubled Times Psalm 46:1

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear."



God does not want us to be afraid in this life. He wants us to know that He has everything under control. It may not seem like He does from our perspective. God keeps His promises and He will be true to His Word and to His nature. We have to remember that God's time and our time are not the same. We have to remember that God's plan and our plan are not the same. We have to remember that we look at things for the moment and God looks at things for eternity.

God is never early with His promises and He is never late. He is always right on time. "He is a very present help in trouble." God is our refuge and our strength when we avail ourselves to Him. We need to learn to praise Him anyway. We need to be obedient to Him anyway. We have to remember that we do not get ourselves into the messes that we can find ourselves in, in a day or so. Sometimes, God's help comes after we have walked with Him in obedience for a certain time period.

Remember one other thing. The moment that we decide that we are going to give up the commitment to obedience just might be the very day that God's deliverance was ready to be given to us. Disobedience to God's Word is never a reasonable option. Disobedience is always costly. Obedience always pays the dividends that God wants for our lives. The payday may not be as soon as we would like but if we will remain faithful to Him, He is always faithful to keep His promises to those who are faithful to His Word! God is a very present help in times of trouble!