When things look dark and life seems hopeless, don’t despair. Return to the simple truths. Have you ever faced a tragedy or a series of unrelenting disasters—a job loss, a car repair, a health problem, a broken appliance, the illness and death of a loved one?
Sometimes when it rains it pours and life feels like blow after blow after blow, and all you can do is take the hits.
But take the time to remind yourself of simple truths: Is God still on His throne? He is. Will this time of hardship end? It will. Will things get better? Without a doubt. God remains sovereign; He still controls everything: the weather, the economy, the gas prices, the job market, your health—everything.
“You opened up springs and streams. You dried up ever-flowing rivers. The day is Yours. Also the night. You established the moon and the sun. You set all the boundaries of the earth. You made summer and winter” Psalm 74:15-17.
Can you believe this heat? Can you believe we are looking at another drought, this one so severe, West Texas farmers are not bothering to plant cotton this year.
But God opens springs and controls rivers. He controls summer and winter. Trust Him. Remind yourself that you trust Him.
“He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals His thoughts to man, He who turns dawn to darkness and treads the high places of the earth, the Lord Almighty is His name! He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns blackness into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land—the Lord is His name.” Amos 4:13, 5:8-9.
God, remind us that YOU are in CONTROL. You are sovereign over all things. We trust You with gas prices, the heat, the drought, and everything else. Help us give You glory and praise every day.
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