The people who love your instruction enjoy peace—and lots of it. There’s no stumbling for them! (Psalm 119:165 CEB) C.S. Lewis wrote: "God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing." When the peace of God invades our hearts, there is a sense of security that comes from being 'settled' inwardly even when things outwardly may still be in chaos. God's Word can bring peace into our minds and settle our troubled souls, but too often we don't even turn to his Word when we begin to see our peace being actively disturbed. We somehow forget how 'settling' his instructions can be. If we stumble around long enough, trying to do things on our own in order to 'restore peace within', we will eventually find that all that 'stumbling around' was totally unnecessary for peace was right there in his Word. God's Word is living and vital - it is meant to bring life, light, and transformati...
Up against it, I didn’t know which way to turn; then I called out to God for help: “Please, God!” I cried out. “Save my life!” God is gracious—it is he who makes things right, our most compassionate God. God takes the side of the helpless; when I was at the end of my rope, he saved me. (Psalm 116:4-6 MSG) If you don't know which way to turn, God is right there. If you need answers, God is ready to answer. If you are feeling powerless, God's strong right hand is there to defend you. If you are discouraged by life's hardships, God is there to comfort and bring hope. Up against it? Call out to God and your help is right there when and where you need it most. Does his help always come in the ways we imagined? I have learned that the answer to that one is, "Not always - perhaps not usually." God's answers come in varying forms, but they are always there! God is a gracious and loving Savior - he knows how to 'make things right' in our lives, beginning wit...