In Distress!
"Hear me when I call, O God
of my righteousness! You have
relieved me in my distress."
Psalm 4: 1
Stress is bad. Distress is worse. In Genesis 32:7,
Jacob was greatly distressed. All Israel was “greatly
distressed” in Judges 2:15, and in Judges 10:9 they
were “severely distressed.”
In 1 Samuel 16:14, King Saul suffered a “distressing
spirit.” Job was in “dire
distress” in Job 36:16. Apostle
Paul spoke of the personal distress that overwhelmed
him in 2
Corinthians 12:10.
The most amazing “distress” passage in the Bible is
in Mark 14:33 when our Lord “began to be troubled
and deeply distressed” in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Jesus suffered distress to bring you out of yours.
The Book of Romans says, “Who shall separate us
from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress?
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors
through Him who loved us” (8:35, 37).
When we praise and worship God when distressed,
our problems may not instantly disappear, but don’t
give up. In His own way, the Lord will relieve you
in your distress.
"Suffering is unbearable if you’re
not certain God is with you and
for you."
Tim Keller
