Trials 3

Installment Three on the things that are a MUST during a trial. The next thing you need to do and this is NOT in order of importance...

Dedicate yourself to The Bible and prayer.

If you are not reading His word or praying, your actions are making a statement about what you really believe. A lack of reading the Bible and praying indicates a dedication, by you, to self-reliance. Reading God's word and prayer humble statements of our need for his sustenance and his help.

Reading God's word and prayer change us. They help us to grow in understanding of His greatness and majesty. They grow our faith and belief in God's sovereignty and his ability to save us. Prayer and study are humble admissions of our need to change.

Read Psalm 119 and look at all the benefits of pouring over God's word. It helps keep our way pure (v 9), it strengthens my soul (v 28), it is my comfort in affliction (v 50). And the list goes on.

One last argument. If God specifically wrote something to you an intended it to be a means of grace for you during trials, would you read it. Well, he has. As his beloved children, we are compelled to bathe in his Word, daily