June 27

The God who made you, who loves you, also knows your frame. He knows how wearying life can become and He knows how inclined believers are to incriminate Him in its trials and disappointments. When a person of faith encounters adversity, it is often his tendency to wonder why God permitted his dilemma.

God is not the one who hurls the proverbial ‘monkey wrench’ into the endeavors of man. God desires the best for His creation. He does recognize, however that life can be challenging and a man’s way can be fraught with difficulties. The Lord has a word for the one whose path is strewn with challenges.

In Isaiah 12:2 we are told, “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid, for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song and is my salvation.” There is a lot of power packed into that short verse, and the part of it that conveys most comfort in a believer’s hour of trial is stated twice. Jesus is our salvation.

The Word tells us that there is no other name whereby man might be saved (Acts 4:12). In addition to saving us eternally by His love which bore our sin, His Word tells us that His perfect love casts out all our fear (I John 4:18). When we put our trust in Him, the Lord is our strength, even in our darkest trial—and He gives us a song in the midst of it!