Daily Affirmations - Day 5 - Call to Me - In The Day of Trouble

Day 5: In the day of trouble

God has made everything beautiful in its time

“Call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me” (Psalm 50:15).

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How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? (Habakkuk 1:2).

I will take my post; I will position myself on the fortress. I will keep watch to see what the Lord says to me and how He will respond to my complaint (Habakkuk 2:1).

When tossed and perplexed with doubts about [God's] methods, we must watch against temptations to be impatient. When we have poured out complaints and requests before God, we must observe the answers God gives by His word, His Spirit, and providences; what the Lord will say to our case.

God will not disappoint the believing expectations of those who wait to hear what He will say unto them. All are concerned in the truths of God's word. Though the promised favour be deferred long, it will come at last, and abundantly recompense us for waiting.

The humble, broken-hearted, repenting sinner, alone seeks to obtain an interest in this salvation. He will rest his soul on the promise, and on Christ, in and through whom it is given. Thus he walks and works, as well as lives by faith, perseveres to the end, and is exalted to glory; while those who distrust or despise God's all-sufficiency will not walk uprightly with Him.

The just shall live by faith in these precious promises, while the performance of them is deferred. Only those made just by faith, shall live, shall be happy here and for ever.

~ Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary, Habakkuk 2:1-4

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“Be all at rest, my soul!” Oh, blessed secret

Of the true life that glorifies thy Lord;

Not always doth the busiest soul best serve Him,

But he who resteth on His faithful word.

“Be all at rest!” for rest is highest service;

To the still heart God doth His secrets tell;

Thus shalt thou learn to wait, and watch, and labor,

Strengthened to bear, since Christ in thee doth dwell.

“Be all at rest!” for rest alone becometh

The soul that casts on Him its every care;

“Be all at rest!” So shall thy life proclaim Him

A God who worketh and who heareth prayer.

“Be all at rest!” So shalt thou be an answer

To those who question, “Who is God, and where?”

For God is rest, and where He dwells is stillness,

And they who dwell in Him that rest shall share.

~ Freda H. Allen, pub. 1904

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