In the Midst of Trouble

Psalm 138:7 “Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand will save me.”

The late, great British pastor Charles Spurgeon once wrote: Wretched walking in the midst of trouble. Nay, blessed walking, since there is a special promise for it. Give me a promise, and what is the trouble? What does my Lord teach me here to say? Why this -- "You will receive me." I shall have more life, more energy, more faith.” Is it not often so, that trouble revives us, like a breath of cold air when one is ready to faint?

Psalm 23:4 “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”

How angry are my enemies and especially the archenemy – the devil! Shall I stretch forth my hand and fight my foes! No, my hand is better employed in doing service for my Lord. Besides, there is no need, for my God will use His far-reaching and mighty arm, and He will deal with them far better than I could if I were to try. "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord." He will, with His own right hand of power and wisdom, save me, and what more can I desire?

John 16:33 “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

Come, my heart, talk this promise over to thyself till you can use it as the song of thy confidence, the solace of thy holiness. Pray to be revived thyself and leave the rest with the Lord, who performs all things for thee.