Crying to God in Times of Trouble

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Prayer theme: Crying to God in times of trouble (Part One)

Text: Psalm 77

What do you do, in times of deep trouble, when you have done all that you know to do and yet no breakthrough.

You have fasted, you have prayed but it is as if your prayer does not go beyond the roof of your house.

Infact you begin to suspect that God has turned away from you and no longer interested in walking with you or in your matter. What do you do?

The first thing you need to know is that this is not peculiar to you. The Psalmist also has found Himself in this situation and he says that whenever you find yourself in this situation, one of the things you can do is to – remember the works of God in the past and praise Him for it (Psa. 77: 10-12). And here in Psalm 77: 13-20, he remembered how God through His wonderful works brought the Israelites out of Egypt. How He led them through the red sea.

Do not wait for trouble or deep distress to come your way before you remember the mighty deeds of God in your life and around you. If you have not been doing so before, beginning from now, make a daily habit to remind yourself of the mighty acts of God in your life, your family and all around you. Give thanks to Him for them, praise Him for them and let it build up your faith in God. This habit will put firmly on the path of success and victory over life's battle.

In leading the children of Israel away from Egypt and into the promised land, the first challenge before Moses was how to escape from Pharaoh and his men, who were in hot pursuit and are on the verge of catching up with them. He turned to the Lord in prayer, He called upon the Lord and the Lord led him and the Israelites through a strange path, a path nobody knew existed, it was a path nobody thought could ever exist – it was a path through the sea, a path through mighty waters.

Standing before the Red Sea, all that the Israelites could see was a large expanse of water that cannot be crossed ahead of them and a host of angry Egyptian army led by Pharaoh in hot pursuit at the verge of catching up with them. No doubt they felt stranded, they can just imagine what Pharaoh and his men will do to them once they catch up with them, an escape route through the Red Sea was certainly not an option as far as they were concerned. But that was exactly the route through which they escaped from the Egyptians.

No doubt it must have been a surprise to them that there could be a secret passage in the Red Sea, but it was no surprise to God. The learning point here is that as a believer in God, understand that –

1. God is never limited in options, there are a million and one ways by which He can bring deliverance or the help you need to you

2. When God is on your side, you can never be stranded in life, there will always be a way even if it means for Him to make a way where there seems to be no way.

3. God is never late, He will be there just in time, so go on with your own side of the arrangement, God can always be trusted to keep His own part.

God bless you. Shalom