Prayer Wednesday
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February 9, 2022
Prayer Wednesday

I sought the LORD, and he answered me;
He delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are radiant;
Their faces are never covered with shame.
This poor man called and the LORD heard him;
He saved him out of all his troubles.
The angel of the LORD encamps around
Those who fear him,
And he delivers them.

For real? Is this accurate? We are about to bury a guy who was the prince of his community. The only thing he did wrong was try to keep a snowmobile from hitting a tree. “The LORD saved him out of all his troubles?”

This has to be like Jesus saying: “You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death. All men will hate you because of me. But not a hair of your head will perish. By standing firm, you will gain life” (Luke 21). The person was put to death! How does it work that not a hair on their head will perish?

Can you believe that nothing, not a thing, can happen to you—not even the very worst thing—that our Lord won’t turn to ultimate good? Will you see it at the time? No. Will you cry? Yes. Will you doubt? I do.

Will all of this one day make sense? Even better than just making sense, we will rise up with one voice and say “God, you are good!”

Taste and see that the LORD is good;
Blessed is the person who takes refuge in him.

Pray with me from that place today.

Andrew

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