Trouble ...

Thursday, Oct 17, 2013. What do you do when trouble comes? Yes, life will also bring trouble to us. No one is there who will not experience some difficulties. But how do you react? How do you deal with the problems?

Refuge in the Lord …

In Psalm 34 King David describes possibilities to deal with trouble. Let us hear:

1 Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad. 3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together!

4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. 5 Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. 6 This poor man cried, and

the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.

7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. 8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! (Psalm 34, 1-8) There is one clear message in these verses: take refuge in the Lord. The Lord is good, and he helps. Blessing is coming from the Lord. If you turn to him, you will experience this blessing. Yes, come! He can help … **

David has experienced God's help and support. Sometimes we doubt, we do not know - we do not have faith. Or we believe in something far away - in Heaven after death. But there is power in the name of the Lord:

17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles3 off, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. ... more texts