Trials reveal what you consider your greatest help. We all like to have nice things. In fact, people instinctively reach out to worldly goods and pleasures for security, comfort, or meaning in the midst of difficult circumstances. Psalm 20: 6-8 reads, "Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven with the saving strength of His right hand. Some boast in chariots and some in horses, but we will boast in the name of the Lord, our God. They have bowed down and fallen, but we have risen and stood upright." In a time of extreme crisis, what is your primary resource you turn to? Is it the Word or the world? Think about Psalm 34, praising the One who is "near to the brokenhearted" and who rescues the righteous from their afflictions (vv. 18-19) I can testify that in times of greatest distress, it is the Lord God Almighty that will see you through. That is not an excuse for laziness on our part, but rather a commitment to always keep the True Source of your deliverance always on your mind and in your heart.
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