Sunday, May 18, 2014
When Comfort Seems Far Off
There are days when everything seems to go well. And there can be times that seem far more challenging. In all these times our God is still there for us. He always hears us, our praise and our prayers. When the comfort we seek from God seems distant, that is when we need our faith and our hope. We need to know that God is with us. We need that hope, that eager expectation, of His deliverance for us. Paul spoke of this.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Paul goes on to tell us how it was faith that carried people through. Even Abraham used faith to trust in God when he went to sacrifice his son. From Abraham and his response to God in his life we get the promise that we all now cling to, the promise that became life, our Messiah, Jesus. It does not matter who we are or what else is in our life. If we will but trust God and ask, God will move on our behalf. James spoke of this.
James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
We need each other, and we need our God. When comfort seems far off, we can take comfort in knowing that it will come. God will deliver His people – us. We must stand strong in knowing it is not about us and who we our, but about our God and who He is. In that we can have comfort.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You today. Come to us, our King, and lift us up. Let not the evil in this world overtake us and consume us. Deliver us from this evil, even if it is within us. Forgive us our sins. Deliver us, Father, and we will be delivered. Help the poor and the needy and the fatherless today. Send us Your deliverance, Your healing, and Your abundant provision. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.