We as Christians try to encourage one another when the issues
of life try and bring us down. That is
what we are supposed to do. The Lord is
our comforter and His Word says that we are to comfort one another as He has
comforted us. The thought that popped
into my mind this morning is that when our sisters and brothers in the Lord are
in a tough situation and we say things like, “you are in the perfect position
for God to show up and do a miracle”, do we really understand how difficult the
position the person is really in if that is true?
If that is true, then that person is potentially in peril
for their life, a Moses red sea parting moment when they would have died if God
did not deliver them, or they are potentially in a situation where what they believe
needs to be done is so “stupid” in the eyes of man, that they face ridicule and
their faith is pushed to the limits.
Think of Joshua and the Israelites marching around the wall of Jericho
and shouting, expecting the walls to fall down.
Is that sound battle strategy?
Well, I challenge you today that if you know a child of God
who is really in an “only God can do it miracle moment”, that you pray for their
faith to fail them not. Pray that the
Lord helps their unbelief. Pray
earnestly for them that the Word of God envelops them and girds them up so that
by faith they see the salvation of the Lord.
Words of comfort and encouragement are good, but at times like these
prayers of strength in faith avail much.
AMEN.
