Four Things To Remember
When The Going Gets Tough
Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the godly
abandoned or their children begging for bread. (Ps 37:25)1. God is faithful...
But we have
this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from
God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but
not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but
not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always
carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also
be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always
being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be
revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in
us, but life is at work in you. (2 Cor 4:7-12)
2. The things that happen that seem to cause death in us are actually uncovering life...
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;
your rod and your staff, they comfort me. (Ps 23:4)
3. God is with us in the valley...
“Who is this coming up from the wilderness leaning on her
beloved?”
(SOS 8:5)
