A Present Help in Trouble

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. —Psalm 46:1 ESV

Life is hard. We live in a fallen world. Even those who have been redeemed live in earthly bodies and have to deal with the realities of temptation, sin, disease, loss, pain, and death.

Becoming a Christian—even being a mature, godly Christian—doesn’t wrap us up in some sort of celestial cocoon where we’re immune to pain. Not until God makes a new heaven and a new earth will we be totally free from the ravages of sin. Until then, there will be tears, sorrows, pressures, and problems.

But—and here’s the good news—God isn’t removed or detached from our problems. He doesn’t just sit up in heaven and watch to see if we will manage to survive. No, the God of the Bible is “a very present help in trouble.” That doesn’t mean He waves a magic wand and makes all our problems disappear; it does mean He uses pressures and problems to mold and shape our lives and to make us like Jesus, who “learned obedience from what he suffered” (Heb. 5:8).

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Lies Women Believe: And the Truth that Sets Them Free ©2001 Nancy Leigh DeMoss ©Revived Hearts Foundation

Scripture taken from The ESV