Since we are talking about prayer this week, I feel led to speak to an area of the Christian walk that we don’t want to talk about much. But if there is anyone reading today going through trying times (I would be shocked if there aren’t) this is for you. If you aren’t going through tough times right now, that is a blessing. But I would guess that all of us have at times and will again in the future.
When we go through trying times, God does not leave us. Friends are placed around us to help – to listen. Strength comes to us in ways that don’t make sense. But what I feel I need to say today is this: there are times that are so rough that we realize talking to a friend does not help, talking to a pastor doesn’t help. Making ourselves busy to get our mind off of it doesn’t work either.
What then?
There are times in our lives, in our Christian walk, when there is no one or nothing to turn to. No place we can go to get away from it. No apparent relief to be found anywhere or in anyone.
It is in those times we must turn to God. My own experience teaches me that even though the times can be painful, God never leaves me. I can’t explain the sense of peace that comes when we rest in God and let go of our fear or anger or anxiety – I can just say that it is real.
So today, if you are in the midst of tough times, turn to God. Cry out to God and let yourself rest in the arms that will never let you go.
Clay in the Hands 
I did that just this morning…and heard Him speak to my heart. he impressed on me that to get to the VICTORY and that “zoe” type of life he promises I have to quit with how I “FEEL” and depend on what I know. Not just head knowledge, but that revelation knowledge that no person, no devil, no circumstance can shake out of me. If I decide to be led by my feelings and give them a vote in how my day or my situation is going, I will never live the VICTORIOUS life Jesus planned for me. My glorious inheritance started the minute I received Christ in my life…I don’t have to wait to get to the “sweet by and by”. Praying for the Spirit of God to fall on you Sunday…may you be bold in preaching the Good News and may your teachings fall like fresh rain on new grass.