In the valley of the shadow of death...! |
Pastor Jan D vanderMerwe
from covenantnet.com
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We all know and even quote scriptures such as ...
... Psalm 23 ... Psalm 91... and even ... John 16:33
But ... do you really believe what they say?
???
If you were falsely accused today ...
... everything went wrong , at home or at work ...
... about to lose your job or lots of money ...
and ... there was NO ONE supporting you ...!
... not even God seems to be around to help ...!
Will ... Psalms 23, 91 and John 16 be real in your life?
???
Your boss has just given you the letter telling you you're fired!
The summons has just been delivered at the door!
Will ... Psalms 23, 91 and John 16 be enough for you?
???
I believe, I go to church, I pray and confess the Word ...
... won't God help me before that happens?
???
What if He does not?
???
Daniel was a young man who did all those things ...
He honored God in all his ways and prayed daily!
He did not compromise God's Word ...
and it got him into trouble ... serious trouble...!
He got sentenced to be thrown into the lion's den!
... and God did not come and stop it from happening!
Where was God?
Should not God have come to rescue Daniel...?
Did Daniel not believe in ... Psalms 23 and 91?
Did he? ... Didn't he?
Well the person who ordered Daniel to be thrown in the lion's den ...
... said this of Daniel and God ...
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel,
and cast him into the den of lions.
Now the king spake and said unto Daniel,
Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
--- Daniel 6:16
And that is exactly what God did ...
Daniel neither doubted God nor blamed the king ..
... and ...
God did ... Psalms 23, 91 and John 16 for Daniel
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths,
that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me;
and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
--- Daniel 6:22
God shows Himself strong on your behalf ...
... as you put your trust in Him ... IN the trouble and tribulation ...
If your faith and trust was truly real before the trouble started ...
It will be just as real in the trouble and through the trouble...!
What do you REALLY believe?
... Read ...
2 Chron. 16:9