EDITOR’S NOTE: Previous parts of this series can be found on the Wisconsin Christian News website.
We see another point, though, in verse one — the second point that I gave you in the last part of this message — and that’s this: the believer, the Christian man or woman, takes refuge in God before trouble happens. Notice that he says here, “O Lord my God, in You I have taken — I have taken…” So that answers some questions for us, doesn’t it? Why does trouble happen in believers’ lives? Well, because it happens to everybody; we’re not immune to that. But why does trouble seem to camp out in some believers’ lives? Well, here’s my theory — you may have a different one, but think about this: I think it’s because they’re not taking refuge in God. Oh, they’re going through all the motions, they’re saying all the right things, doing some of the right things, but really deep down, they’re far, far away from God. They’re not living under the shadow of God’s wings.
And when trouble comes, what happens to that believer who has not taken refuge under the Lord? They’re shipwrecked. They’re shipwrecked. And then, arrogantly, “Oh God, why has this happened to me?”
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