I Will Be With You In Troulbe

Ps 91:14-16 "Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation."
"He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him." God will be with us in our trouble. He doesn't say that He will take us out of our trouble or help us avoid trouble, but he will be with us in it. I think of Daniel when he was thrown to the lions. God didn't keep the trouble from him, but He was with him in it. He was also with Daniel and his three friends when they were thrown into the fiery furnace. All through the Psalms we see where the Psalmist was in trouble, but God was with him there. Even at times he felt like God had left him just like we do sometimes, but then he realized that God was there with him all the time.
I often wonder why God chooses to let us go through troubles and trials when He could keep them from us. There are many scriptures that answer this question, but my favorite one is Romans 8-28-29.
"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren."
The troubles God allows us to go through are designed by Him to work for our good spiritually. It is how He conforms us to the image of His Son and grows us up spiritually to be more like Him in our thoughts and actions.
Are you going through some tough times? Hang on to God's promise that He will be with you. Romans 8:35-39 should be a great comfort to you.
"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (NKJV)
Dear Father, Thankyou for the promises You have given in Your Word to be with me in trouble. Help me to hang on to Your promises and stand firm when trouble comes my way. Amen.
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