{"id":844,"date":"2020-03-08T19:09:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T00:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=844"},"modified":"2020-03-08T19:09:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T00:09:44","slug":"our-help-in-a-time-of-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/08\/our-help-in-a-time-of-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Help in a Time of Need"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cGod is<\/em> our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.<\/strong>\u201d
Psalm 46:1 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever\nfound yourself in a place where you did not know what to do, or even where to\ngo? What did you do about it? Did you cry, did you grumble and complain, or\nstress about the situation? Or did you take your problem to God in prayer? How\noften we forget that our first response should be to take our requests to God! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Christians,\nwe have the privilege to approach the throne of God with our requests. \u201cBe careful for nothing; but in every thing\nby prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known\nunto God.<\/strong>\u201d (Philippians 4:6). This should be our immediate reaction when we\nneed to receive an answer from God. We also must remember that He will answer\nus in His timing \u2013 not ours. Have you ever asked God a question, yet did not\nwait for Him to answer? How often do we miss God\u2019s plan for our lives when we\nare too impatient to wait upon Him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, I have\nbeen a part of a group of people who were seeking God and His plan for us. We\nhad committed to stand by the truths found in God\u2019s Word. However, we needed\nclear direction. We prayed. We searched for answers. We waited. We continued in\nthe path we believed He had for us to travel. Many other people disagreed with\nthe decisions that we had made. Relationships were lost. New ones have been\nmade. We set a date that we needed an answer from the Lord, or we could not\ncontinue. The date came, and God answered our prayer on that day, above and\nbeyond our hopes and expectations! We had put into practice what we had\nlearned: \u201cBut without faith it is<\/em>\nimpossible to please him:<\/em> for he that cometh to God must believe that he\nis, and that<\/em> he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him<\/strong>\u201d\n(Hebrews 11:6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through all of\nthe turmoil during those days, and the negative words spoken against us for\nstanding for the truths found in God\u2019s Word, we understood more<\/em><\/strong> about the truths of\nGod\u2019s Word. \u201c2. Therefore will not we\nfear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the\nmidst of the sea; 3. Though<\/em> the waters thereof roar and<\/em> be\ntroubled, though<\/em> the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.\n4.  There is<\/em> a river, the streams\nwhereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place<\/em> of the\ntabernacles of the most High. 5. God is<\/em> in the midst of her; she shall\nnot be moved: God shall help her, and that<\/em> right early. 6. The heathen\nraged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7. The\nLORD of hosts is<\/em> with us; the God of Jacob is<\/em> our refuge<\/strong>\u201d\n(Psalm 46:2-7). We experienced that, truly: \u201cGod is<\/em> our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble<\/strong>\u201d\n(Psalm 46:1). We recognized that God is with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We witnessed\nfirst hand what it is to do the following: \u201cBe still, and know that I am<\/em> God: I will be exalted among the\nheathen, I will be exalted in the earth.<\/strong>\u201d (Psalm 46:10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another\nencouraging word\u2026 \u201cWhat shall we then\nsay to these things? If God be<\/em> for us, who can be<\/em> against us?<\/strong>\u201d\n(Romans 8:31).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBe of good courage, and he shall strengthen\nyour heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.<\/strong>\u201d (Psalm 31:24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will you wait\nupon God?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever found yourself in a place where you did not know what to do, or even where to go? What did you do about it? Did you cry, did you grumble and complain, or stress about the situation? Or did you take your problem to God in prayer? How often we forget that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[318],"tags":[349,353,186,402,184,407,409,408,410],"class_list":["post-844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-with-verse-and-blog","tag-answer","tag-faith","tag-god","tag-help","tag-prayer","tag-psalm","tag-requests","tag-stress","tag-supplication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":846,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844\/revisions\/846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}