He Is Our Refuge

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present

help in trouble. Psalm 46:1

I once heard the following statement from a simple

old man, and I have never forgotten it: "When God

tests you, it is a good time to test Him by putting

His promises to the test and then claiming from 

Him exactly what your trials have made necessary.

There are two ways of getting out of a trial. One is 

simply to try to get rid of the trial, and then to be 

thankful when it is over. The other is to recognize

the trial as a challenge from God to claim a larger

blessing than we have ever before experienced, and

to accept it with delight as an opportunity of receiv-

ing a greater measure of God's divine grace.

In this way, even the Adversary becomes a help to 

us, and all things that seem to be against us turn out 

to assist us along our way. Surely this is what is 

meant by the words "In all these things we are more 

than conquerors through Him who loved us. Rom 8:37

A B Simpson

Not always OUT of our troubled times,

     And the struggles fierce and grim,

But IN--deeper in--to our sure rest,

     The place of our peace, IN Him.

Annie Johnson Flint

Reader, after I go through deep waters and God

has showed up, it is then I believe His promises. 

Ahhh, to grasp them in the going would be so 

much better.