Know That God Will Rescue From Trials

God knows what He is doing. I struggle with that on a day in and day out basis. I wonder just what it is God has for me as I struggle through the days and the trials presented. I am not “in the know” and that really discourages me. I know that the end result is glory in heaven and I know that God has a plan that is perfect and that I am indeed part of that plan. But, I find myself down as I encounter trial after trial.

“⁷and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked ⁸(for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); ⁹then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,” — 2 Peter 2:7-9 (ESV)

In the above passage I find that God does not abandon us. Lot was living in the debauchery ridden city of Sodom and struggled daily with all of the lawlessness that he witnessed or heard of that was the goings on. God knew the heart of the man and rescued him from the trial he was under. I have to continue each day with my study of God’s Word to find my encouragement to press on.

I am not going to find an easy path each and every day. I am going to find myself in the trials that God has presented to me. I will struggle with them and even at moments like this morning, I will be down as I work to understand them and try to get out of them. But, I have to remember that God has place me in this position for a reason and that reason is not necessarily for me to understand. I only have to know that when the time is right I will be delivered from the trial and move on to the next as I continue to do His will.

Where these trials are presented from God and He will deliver me from them, I still have work to do. I have the duty to work with what He gives me and do my part to complete the work He has given to me. I will be delivered when the time is right and then and only then will I have the relief I so want to have now. Without the trial, I would not develop the strength to carry on to the next and continue doing the work God has for me.

What trials are you experiencing in life? Are you seeing those trials as the end? What if you pressed on, knowing that God will provide the strength needed to endure and will deliver you when the times is right?