Distress Buster!
Verse for Today: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Psalms 77:2 – When
I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands
and my soul refused to be comforted.
It is not unusual
that God’s servants fall into distress in difficult circumstances. But the
secret of getting out of distress and misery is to seek the Lord at the right
time. When our hands stretch out to Him for help and when we refuse to be comforted
in the ways of the world, our Lord comes to strengthen us. When we have
sleepless nights because of difficulties, our Lord comes to give us songs in
the night. These songs are the heart cry of our souls unto Him. Perhaps no one
else in this world knows the pain and agony that we are going through. There
are situations and concerns in our lives that others are unable to understand
in its full gravity. There are pressures in our souls that we are unable to
share with others. We often meet people who find fault with us for our distress
because they are unable to understand us or that we are unable to express our
true feelings and burdens to them. But our Lord knows us, our burdens and cares
well and comes to comfort and deliver us. When we stretch our hands out to Him,
He comes to hold our hands and put His hands in ours. He reassures us that He
is with us and will walk with us as we go through waters and fire. He will cover
us lest we get engulfed by the storms and the waves or burned in fires of life.
He will keep our hands from getting tired of stretching out to Him for help. In
our distress, He will fill us with His hope and peace. The same grace and strength
that He gave to His servants like Asaph and David will be given to us also
today in our difficult situations to give us release and relief as we take steps
of faith in our sojourn.
Dear reader, are you
facing distress and hopelessness in life today? Is your situation trying to pluck
you out of the ground? Are unfavorable wind and waves beating against you to
devastate your life? But there is a place to go to and a person to seek after
in times of distress and disturbance. Our Lord is waiting for us to go to Him
in our difficulties and cry unto Him. When He sees our tears, His heart will
melt for us. When He finds heavy burden on our shoulders, He will come to lift
it up. He will have compassion on us because of our plight and will comfort and
encourage us. He is willing to take away our daily sorrows, misery and stress
and lighten our load. He will turn our dark nights into starry nights of music
and melodies filled with praise. The songs which came out of distress in the
life of Asaph, David and the sons of Korah show their faith in the Lord as He
gave them relief and comfort. He gave
the same comfort to Daniel in the Lion’s den, the Hebrew boys in the furnace, Paul
during the shipwreck and the disciples during the storms. Joseph had relief and
peace when he was in the hopeless pit and dungeon and gave him victory in the
wake of temptation. He touched the lonely John in Patmos and gave him hope through
revelation of His glory. He is near us today and travels with us in our dark
nights of distress to restore our broken hearts and comfort our weary minds and
fill us with His hope to keep going.
Psalms 32:7 – You
are my hiding-place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with
songs of deliverance.
Thought for Today
Songs of tears are
the antidote to distress to deliver us from our misery.
Prayer for Today
Dear Lord Jesus: Help
me to find peace, hope and rest in You during my times of distress as I cry unto
you with stretched out hands. Amen!
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