Words of Grace

By Rev. Mahlon Nevel

The Bible has much to say about trouble. Someone once said that we are either going through trouble now, or we just came out of trouble, or we are about to have trouble.

What are we to do when we are in trouble. Charles Spurgeon writes about this and one of his devotionals. When we are in trouble, he wonders, why it is that we don’t tell the Lord about it? No, we are going about to all our friends, to all except our best friend.

The Lord tells us to call upon him “in the day of trouble”. He promises to deliver us if we call (Psalm 50:15)
We have a safe place, a place to hide when we are in trouble. “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” (Psalm 46:1).

Therefore we do not have to be afraid, even if the earth is removed and the mountains are carried into the sea. (V.2) And even if the waters are troubled and the mountains shake, we have no fear. (V.3)

These things will begin to happen in the last days, according to what Jesus said in Luke 21:25,26. A gospel song begins; “Troublesome times are here, Filling men’s hearts with fear; Freedoms we all hold dear, Now are at stake.”
But we can call upon the Lord our refuge in these troublesome times.