Psalm 46: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Have you ever brought everything to God? It's so easy to praise Him for good things - on my Twitter account most people I am following praise God - sometimes with endless praise - it is very uplifting!

It is a constant source of pleasure to me to be able to praise God - it is also very easy! That is when things are going really well.

Not so easy when things are going haywire - when your life is sometimes feeling like it is spiralling out of control - and if we are honest, at least to ourselves, we all, pretty much, have times like that. I can speak from experience that if your life hasn't had many downers - well it will have!

Is you life spiralling out of Control?

So a question: When trouble comes why don't we tell God all about it? - Tell Him our grief. Out of everyone we know He has the heart to comfort and relieve us. NO! we run around sometimes prepared to tell any of our friends what's gone wrong except our best friend.

Are you burdened with today's sins?

Has a real sense of past sins returned to you, even though you have given them over to God?

Do you keep falling for the same old sins time and time again? - if you do, do you hate your weakness!

Is there an addiction in your life which you seemingly can't conquer?

God is our refuge ; God is our strength - He above all others is your strong arm; lean on Him; get a glimpse of His holiness, justice and sheer might; realise that the Creator of Universe is there personally with you every minute of every day; He knows your weakness; He is there beside you right now; He knows what you are thinking and doing.

God is our Refuge and Strength

Let's go to Him and ask for his great strength to get you through this hour. His promise is sure. He has promised that we as His children will be joint heirs with Him - He has made over all that he is and all that he has to us - AWESOME and AMAZING as that sounds.

I imagine there is nothing that Jesus dislikes more than for His people to make a showcase of Him and not use Him - He loves to be our burden-bearer and the more burdens He shoulders for us the more precious he will be to us.