MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion for Tuesday June 16,
2020
Topic: Why Suffer If God Is With Us
Text: Judges 6:11 – 18
Most
Christians believe that they can’t suffer if God is with them. But this is not
the true case. God was with Joseph even in the prison (Genesis 39:23). He was
there in the prison with Paul and Silas (Acts 16:25ff). The presence of these
men in prison turned out to glorify God and grant them favour as in the case of
Joseph. God was in the Lion’s Den with Daniel and we have so many other examples.
This is
what we should understand that suffering, temptation and trials are never signs
that God has forgotten us or is no more with us. When we have this
understanding, it will help us to weather all storms of life in faith and
optimism that our God will bring us out of them at last.
Gideon
queried the Angel of the Lord when the angel greeted him saying, "The
LORD is with you, you mighty man of valour (Judges 6:12b)!" The
reaction of Gideon to this greeting did not come from distrust, but from
weakness of faith. No man in this life can have a perfect faith because we
falter most times: yet the children of God have a true faith, by which they are
justified.
The way
Gideon reacted is the way most of us react when we hear some preaching about
God’s faithfulness while we are suffering from lack, sickness, bondage of
Satan, etc. We easily rebuff the message that God cannot be with us and the
devil is dealing mercilessly with us.
Beloved,
remember that God is not unmindful of what we suffer (compare Psalm 111:5).
Keep trusting Him for at the appropriate time, He will send help/deliverance or
salvation.
Food for Thought: Why do you complain? Did God promise us life free from suffering?
Memory verse: Judges 6:13
Prayer:
Lord, grant me proper understanding of your will for me so that I will not
complain over things I pass through in life.
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