DAILY DEVOTION A Source of Help in Trouble “Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?” Psalm 50:14–16 On July 18, 1965, Jeremiah Denton was shot down over North Vietnam. For almost eight years, he was held in captivity under extremely harsh conditions. During a television interview by his captors, he sent out a message by repeatedly blinking in Morse code to reveal that he and his fellow captives were being tortured. But his time in prison took a severe toll on him. At one point he felt he was about to break. Denton wrote the following in his memoir: “I broke down and cried and since that time I’ve learned that if you do that, turn yourself over to God and say, ‘Look, You be the origin of the stimuli for my thoughts, for my actions and make it be in accordance with Your will,’ it’s amazing how that will work.” Like an individual, a nation in trouble needs to seek God as its source of strength and help. Those who recognize the problems of our culture are often uncertain as to the best way to solve them. The reality is that there are no lasting political, economic or legal solutions to moral problems. What we need is a revival of faith in the hearts of Christians so that we will live as God directs regardless of what those around us do, and faith to seek God’s help, not so that our lives will be easy but so that we will do right. If God’s people act in His power, His help will be their strength. Today’s Renewal Principle: The only unfailing source of help in times of trouble is found when we cry out to God for deliverance.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 22:02:19 +0000
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