Assurance For Your Storm

"...from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God."

Psalm 90:2

Storms – we all experience them. In fact, at any point in time, we are all either in one, coming out of one, or getting ready to go into one.

In perilous times, when every foundation upon which we've stood is being shaken, there is a sure and steadfast God in Heaven upon which we can cast ourselves and find help.

May the Lord reassure our hearts that His grace is sufficient to sustain us during our deepest sorrows. We may be shivering and shaking in a storm today, but the Rock upon which we stand isn’t!

–Tim Cruse

Some Better Than None

“...but I will grant them some deliverance” – II Chronicles 12:7

Rehoboam was lifted up in pride. He thought he was strong enough without God and His Word. His own strength became his greatest weakness.

After God pronounced judgment, Rehoboam humbled himself. The consequence of his sin, however, was not totally removed. The mercies of God prevented his utter destruction as God gave him “some deliverance.”

Be reminded that some mercy is better than no mercy. Some blessing is better than no blessing. Some health is better than no health. Some family is better than no family. Some companionship is better than no companionship. Some opportunity for God is better than no opportunity for God.

I would rather dwell on and work to strengthen the one percent I do have than to complain about and make excuse because of the ninety-nine percent I do not have. Instead of brooding over some loss, let us rejoice and thank God for some gain.

“For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.” – Psalm 84:10, 11

– Tim Cruse