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God's Promises When We – Feel Despair
When we find ourselves in a seemingly hopeless situation with no foreseeable remedy, whether it be because of our ill health, or financial difficulties, or personal, family, or moral issues, we tend to fall into an abyss of dark discouragement from which there seems to be no escape. This is where Satan would like to have us imprisoned where he can taunt us with morbid thoughts, and cause us to doubt the love and protection of our heavenly Father. When we allow ourselves to be confined to this prison of despair, we tend to accuse God for mistreating us, and blame those around us for our adverse circumstances.
When we allow ourselves to fall into a state of despair, we are turning our back on God and contradicting his covenant with his children, to supply all our needs according to his riches in glory.
When we see discouragements approaching which could drag us down deep into the pits of despair, we need to remind ourselves, and ask ourselves this question – If God so loved us that he gave his son to die for us to save us from hell, will he not also give us freely and provide for all our need as we ask, believe, and receive, whether it be for our health, finances, the salvation of love ones or for other problems?
God has promised to meet our every need. He admonishes us to ask, believe, and receive his blessings, and continue to walk in his light, as he is the light of the world. We never need to be ashamed of our hope, as long as we are hiding ourselves in God. God's law is our hiding place.
“Uphold me according to thy word that I may live and not be ashamed of my hope.” Psalm 119: 116.
God promises to revive the spirit of the humble, and revive the heart of the contrite ones. “For thus saith the high and lofty one that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy. I dwell in the high and holy place with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.”Isaiah 57: 15.
God tells us not to cast away our confidence in him. “Cast not away, therefore, your confidence which hath great recompense of reward. For ye have need of patience, that after you have done the will of God ye shall receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come and will not tarry.” Hebrews 10: 35, 36, 37
We have a treasure within us – the Holy Spirit, who provides the power for us to accomplish all that God asks us to accomplish. We may be troubled, but with God in us, we cannot be destroyed. “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not in us. We are troubled on every side, yet not destroyed; we are perplexed, but not in despair. 2 Cor 4: 7,8
With God with us we need not succumb to despair, for with God we can overcome and accomplish great things. Nothing is impossible with God.
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