We have a picture in today's Scripture reading of the way we sometimes react to trials. Like the disciples, when we are tossed by the waves of adversity and buffeted by the winds of human experience, we begin to doubt God's care. When everything appears to be against us, we are prone to forget that the Lord has said, "I will never leave you nor forsaken you" (Heb. 13:5).
What peace we forfeit when we refuse to take God at His Word! How much better it is to keep our eyes on Him and trust His promises!
The poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox put it like this:
I will not doubt though all my ships at sea
Come drifting home with broken masts and sails;
I will believe the Hand which never fails
From seeming evil worketh good for me.
And though I weep because those sails are tattered,
Still will I cry, while my best hopes lie shattered,
"I trust in Thee!"
I will not doubt though sorrows fall like rain,
And troubles swarm like bees about a hive;
I will believe the heights for which I strive
Are only reached by anguish and by pain,
And though I groan and writhe beneath my crosses,
I yet shall see, through my severest losses,
The greater gain.
May these words be our trusting prayer today - RWD
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This Week @ Detonate:
Hello Detonate Youth! Pastor Isaiah is back with us again this Saturday. Let's us pray for the Word of God to minister to our hearts! And let us continue to give thanks to God for His unfailing love and blessings that are upon our lives.See you at 4.45pm!
Annoucement:
1) Detonate Youth Easter Outreach on 3rd April. It is time again for us to invite our friends and family members to this evangelistic service! Let's continue to pray for them to response to our invitations, that they will know the amazing love of God. More details coming up!