Please read
Psalm 22:1-5
In 1932, Gladys Aylward left her native England
and went to China to serve as a missionary. Within 4 years she was given
Chinese citizenship for her work with orphans and the local prisons. When the
Japanese invaded Yangcheng, where she served, with only one assistant helping
her, Gladys took more than one hundred orphans over mountains to a safer area. In
the book "The Hidden Price of Greatness" her adventure is narrated -
"During Glady’s harrowing journey out of war-torn Yangcheng ... she
grappled with despair as never before. After passing a sleepless night, she
faced the morning with no hope of reaching safety. A 13-year-old girl in the
group reminded her of their much-loved story of Moses and the Israelites
crossing the Red Sea. "But I am not Moses," Gladys cried in
desperation. "Of course you aren’t," the girl said, "but Jehovah
is still God." When Gladys and the orphans made it through, they proved
once again that no matter how inadequate we feel, God is still God, and we can
trust in him.” I wish I had the faith of the 13-year-old orphan all the time.
In the lesson for today, King David is the
psalmist. At the beginning of the psalm, David is grieving. He writes that God is
not hearing his prayer. Then he remembers how his forefathers trusted God and
how God delivered them. Again and again, David remembers and finds comfort in
the stories of his ancestors.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, just like
David and the orphan, find comfort in the great
stories of the saints in the Bible and in your own lifetime. And whenever
you need deliverance, trust God and approach and ask Him in faith and He will
deliver you from your trials and troubles.
Heavenly Father, help my unbelief during my
temptations, trials, and troubles. Amen.
Amen.
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