LIFE IS REAL

GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS

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Life Is Real

Read:  Psalm 56

Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.  Psalm 56:3

In the comic strip Peanuts, Lucy had just broken the news to Linus that children cannot live at home forever.  Eventually they grow up and move away.  Then she said that when he left she would get his room.  But Linus quickly reminded her that at some time she too would have to leave home.  When this realization hit Lucy, she was shocked, but she quickly came up with a solution.  She turned the TV up loud, crawled into her beanbag chair with a bowl of ice cream, and refused to think about it.

Avoiding unpleasant circumstances is not as easy as Lucy thinks.  Life’s realities cannot be avoided.  We may try to turn and hide, but struggles and trials have a way of dogging our footsteps and eventually catching up with us.

Instead, we should face up to our problems.  The psalmist David did this when beset by persistent foes and false friends.  he didn’t try to minimize his danger; he acknowledged the storm that was raging around him and looked to the Lord.  he wrote, “In God I have put my trust” (Psalm 56:4).

Let’s follow David’s example-not Lucy’s.  Facing up to life’s difficulties may be a frightening experience.  But when we trust God and draw close to Him, we’ll experience real deliverance.  PVG

When troubles call on you, call on God.