When I am afraid, I will trust in You. In god whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid (Psalm 56: 3-4)

 

Whenever tragedy strikes, it’s easy to harden our hearts and cry out, “God, why did you let this happen? Have you ever caught yourself calling God to account? Have questioned the way He seemed to be working in your life?”  If we could but see life from God’s perspective, how different our attitudes would be. How much more quickly could we grasp the plan that lies just beyond our reach? How much more could we trust, realizing that His way is better than ours because He sees the end from the beginning? Ultimately the answer lies in one word - TRUST. God loves us and we can entrust to Him our lives, hopes even our futures. When difficulty knocks, it’s we who are on trial – not GOD. The more you know about the character of GOD, the easier it will be for you to say, “God knows best and I’ll trust HIM no matter what”

As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts (ISAIH 55:9)

 

God is precisely on time. His timing however, is different from ours. He is bound neither by time nor space. Have you learned that is impossible to fully understand God’s timing in our lives? Dr. Martin Lloyd Jones wrote: He may sometimes do the opposite of what we anticipate. Yet, it is fundamental principle in life and walk of faith that we must always be prepared for the unexpected when we dealing with GOD.

 

God looks at life from different perspective. He’s the timekeeper, and when we think HE is late, He’s apt to show up, and then we learn our time in his hands. When it looked like Jesus was in late in arriving. He showed up and raised His friend Lazarus from the dead.

 God is neither early nor late, He’s exactly on time!!

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me (Psalm 23:4)

Have you experienced a time when everything was going just right and then for no apparent reason everything went wrong? Whenever misfortune strikes, the questions usually asked is: “Why did God let this happen to me?” The Bible gives us insight into suffering. Sometimes God allows us to suffer so we can down and take stock of our lives. It maybe that you are now walking through an hour of darkness so that you will find God’s Son as the light of your life. Jesus knew what it meant to suffer he experienced physical pain, the loneliness of being forsaken by his friends, and the agony of facing death. While it is true He lived a sinless life. He was still human and can understand your hurts. The Bible says, “The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him (Nahum 1:7)”. Have you made the wonderful discovery of taking refuge in the LORD and trusting HIM when trouble knocks at your door? Do not hesitate to Him for grace and strength.
(I got this message from the book given by my friend. The book entitled “JUST FOR TODAY GUIDELINES FOR LIVING” by Harold J. Sala - a very amazing book).