He Will See You Through

“The Lord is close to the broken hearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.” (Psalm 34:18)

Food For Thought… We’ve all been there, haven’t we? Crushed in spirit, beaten down by circumstances, disappointed to the point of breaking… And what makes it even worse is that for whatever reason, no one and no thing can reach deep enough into your aching spirit deep to bring you any relief. You just hurt!

Perhaps you’re there right now. Maybe you’re going through a painful rebellious stage with a teenager. Maybe you got the pink slip at work. Maybe the diagnosis came back that it’s cancer, and there’s no hope. Maybe your pain is the revelation of an affair by the one person in your life who promised faithfulness until “death do us part.” Maybe it’s the pain of a divorce and the breakup of your family. Maybe it’s just simply the realization that your life is going nowhere fast—there’s no joy, success, no direction, no end in sight.

Good news! I honestly don’t mean to sound trite, but there really is good news for you. God has promised to come alongside you in your brokenness. He has said that in your pain, his arm will slip around you and you will feel his support. In your time of grief, his Word promises that you will know his care. His name is the God of all comfort—and you would never now that unless you really needed his comfort. He has given you the assurance that he will see you through what you are going through—he will rescue you. He will bring you to the other side of the valley you are walking through to a better place.

That’s not my promise, that’s his. He doesn’t make empty promises; he only makes promises that are fulfilled. And he’s got a pretty good track record—perfect, in fact—of doing what he’s said he would do.

It may feel like death warmed over to you right now, but just remember, for every child of God, resurrection follows crucifixion. I don’t know when or how he will do it, but he will do what he’s promised.

Prayer… God, I pray that you would allow me to sense your presence today. In those things that are crushing my spirit, I ask that you would grant me spiritual eyes to see that I am not alone, that you are standing by my side. And from those things that are disappointments to me, I pray that you would rescue me and bring me to a place of blessing. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

One More Thing… “God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.” —C.S. Lewis