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Where’s God?

Have you ever considered how different the true and living God is from the pagan deities spoken of in the Bible? The Pagan gods were seen but never heard, but the one and only true God is heard but not seen. I believe that acknowledging this difference will help us in times of trouble.

You see, how many times do people ask the question, “Where’s God?” especially when they are suffering. I would suggest that this is the wrong question. The better question would be to ask, “What has God said?” And when we ask that question, we’ll find comfort and understanding. What comfort and understanding can come from a god who can be seen, but cannot speak to us? Oh, how those pagan deities stand in stark contrast with the God of Heaven!

Next time you’re tempted to ask, “Where’s God?” remember that’s not how God has chosen to reveal Himself. Instead, ask “What has God said?” and it’s in His Word that you will find comfort and understanding. Give it some thought.

Steve Higginbotham

Tribulation produces perseverance

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WHENEVER YOU FIND yourself going through times of testing, there is always a reason…a very good reason…

In fact, there are several reasons.  Testing times are to:

UNCOVER something:  When God allows pressures and trials, it is so that you might uncover something in your life He wants to deal with.  Hardships reveal areas of weakness and vulnerability.  God wants to strengthen us in those very areas, and better equip us not only to stand strong in the storms ourselves, but also to be a shelter for others.

RECOVER something:  God allows us to be tested so that we might recover something we’ve lost over the months and years.  Perhaps it is our delight in the Word of God, a habit of daily prayer, or the delight of regular fellowship with those of like-precious faith.  Trials may force us back to that “first love” walk with the Lord that has slipped away from us.

DISCOVER something: Even though it’s a test you may not like or enjoy, you discover that He’s your God, you’re His child, and that He loves you.  He’ll care for you and see you through.

I hear people talk about this trial and that trial, this test and that test.  People will say, “Pray for me, I’m going through a trial in my marriage (or in my job or in my finances or in my relationships at home).”  But in reality, those aren’t the things being tested at all.  What’s being tested is our faith, whether we will really trust Him to work in and through our circumstances.

That’s what’s really at stake.  When the heat’s on…when the shadows fall…when disappointment rips through my heart…am I going to trust Him?  Am I going to wait on Him, worship Him, and give my anxieties to Him?  Or am I going to turn away from Him in my doubt and discouragement?  (Ron Mehl)

“And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us” (Rom. 5:3-5).

–Mike Benson