"Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand will save me. The Lord will perfect that which concerns me..." Psalm 138:7,8
As Christians we have a purpose to bring glory and honor to the Father by living our lives in such a way that we bring pleasure to Him. Have you ever felt like you had enemies that seemed to get the upper hand and no matter what you did or said it just continued to escalate? In this scripture it says, though I walk in the midst of trouble, we could translate trouble in many ways: people trouble, financial trouble, spiritual trouble, the list goes on and on but the thing about it is God will "walk" every step with us if we allow Him too. We don't have to go through difficulty by ourselves, we don't have to go through frustrations by ourselves, we don't have to go through any trouble by ourselves. The Bible says that Jesus is a friend that sticks closer than a brother!
When I think about God stretching His hands out against my enemies, I'm reminded of the prophet Elisha when he disclosed the king of Syria's counsel and the servant of Elisha was afraid because of the great host that was encamped around them. Elisha knew that the Lord's hand was stretched out over his enemies and he told the servant "... they that be with us are more than they that be with them" (II Kings 6:16). Elisha asked God to open the eyes of the servant and let him see the host of horses and chariots of fire standing around them on the mountain and the servant began to see the hand of God stretch out over his enemies.
In future post I want to elaborate on the rest of this scripture but for today let's be encouraged that we have a Father that loves us and that walks with us in the midst of trouble. Let's look for the hand of God in our situations that we face daily and draw strength from the Lord God Almighty!
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