Isaiah 43:2 (Nlt) When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.
I heard someone say “It’s not what you’re going through, it’s what you’re going to.” All of us go through things, it’s the way life is in a fallen world. God doesn’t bring the bad things on us but He does promise to be in them with us and to bring us through and out the other side to a place of fulfilment, joy and peace in Him. Psalm 18:19 He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were fully convinced God’s word was true and He miraculously brought them through and out the fire to promotion.(Daniel 3:30) Joseph went through betrayal and prison but God brought Him through and out to the palace, to his destiny. (Gen. 41:40-43)
Psalm 34:19 The righteous person may have many troubles but the Lord delivers him from them all. At some point mountains will loom up, circumstances will shout at us, but our God is faithful. When He says He will deliver us out of all our troubles - He will, when He says He will restore our health - He will. He is also our Protector, our Provider, our everything and it’s all because of Jesus.
Be encouraged today if you’re going through a tough time, God is working it all out and bringing you through and out to a blessed place, to a place of greater faith, of being more like Jesus.
Life is made up of miracles and messes, triumphs and troubles, but what matters most is that we’re still standing, still praising, still able to thank God for His great grace to us. He has brought us, or is bringing us, through and to whatever good life He has planned for us.
So let’s not focus on what we’re going through, but what we’re going to, where we can help others because we’ve been there and come through and out to where God wants us to be. Amen.
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