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Surely God will never do wickedly, nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
Job 34:12

Recommended Reading: Job 34:10-15

Kendra Thomas, professor of psychology, listens when children cry, “It’s not fair!” She wrote, “Every experience shapes a kid’s worldview. In childhood, injustice comes with the sense of powerlessness; it is both outraging and demoralizing.” She said that children need adults in their lives to “teach them how to cope with it…. Perhaps they are handling a minor injustice and need a listening ear and some perspective.”¹

When Job was going through his trials, he and his friends often questioned whether justice was being served. Job’s friends thought that he deserved punishment, but Job could not understand why God let him suffer so greatly. However, the great points of the book of Job are that God will never do wickedly and the Almighty will never pervert justice.

You may be going through some situations that are not fair, not just. But as time goes by, it’s amazing how we can look back and see God’s hand of goodness and justice. We can trust Him with hard days. Remember the wise saying: When you cannot trace God’s hand, you can trust His heart.

Sometimes when we get overwhelmed, we forget how big God is.
A. W. Tozer

1. Kendra Thomas, “Why You Should Listen When Your Child Cries, ‘Not Fair!’” Scientific American, March 18, 2024.

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Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God’s wonders…. The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power.
Job 37:14, 23, NIV

Recommended Reading: Romans 1:19-20

What is your response when you hear something about God or the Bible that you have never heard before or which you have heard but don’t believe? All of us have blind spots due to lack of teaching or due to our presuppositions. After investigation we may find our original position confirmed, or we may change our views. But in the beginning we must be humble and ask God to show us what is correct.

Job was a man who had blind spots about God. He had four friends who attempted to enlighten him with some views that were correct and some that were incorrect. But Job was not receptive. He thought what he knew about God was accurate until God revealed Himself. Job was forced to repent and change his beliefs and actions (Job 38–42). He had to acknowledge that God was bigger and more majestic than he had ever known.

Make room in your understanding for God to reveal Himself in ways that you did not expect. Allow Him to expand your knowledge and experience.

Every work of [God] serves to display His glory, and set off the greatness of His majesty.
John Gill

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The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
Psalm 34:17

Recommended Reading: Psalm 73:25-28

Troubles can either drive us away from God or draw us near to God. Our response does not depend on the kind of trouble. Rather, our response depends on our heart and on our view of God. We can view Him either as the source of our trouble or the source of our tranquility.

If we view God as the source of our trouble, we will likely be resentful and self-pitying. But if we view Him as the source of our tranquility, we will draw near to Him knowing that He will draw near to us. As James wrote, “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you” (James 4:8). And as Paul wrote, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7).

If you are in a time of trouble or testing, let your experience drive you closer to God rather than away from Him. In His presence, you will find the answers you need.

True peace comes not from the absence of trouble but from the presence of God. 
Alexander Maclaren

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I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:4

Recommended Reading: Psalm 34:1-4

The Greek word in the New Testament for confess is homologeo: homo (“same”) and lego (“to speak”). It means “to say the same thing.” It is usually translated as “confess” or “profess.” But there is also another time to “agree with God”—when we acknowledge to Him how we feel since He is aware of what we are going through before we even speak (Matthew 6:8).

Before David assumed the throne of Israel as king, he found himself in a perilous situation with a Philistine king (1 Samuel 21:10-15). He wrote Psalm 34 as a record of this encounter and how God delivered him from danger. He began the psalm with praise to God (verses 1-3) before stating, “[He] delivered me from all my fears” (verse 4). David wasn’t afraid to acknowledge his fears to God or to acknowledge that “many are the afflictions of the righteous” (verse 19). Nor should we be. When we confess to God how we are feeling, we are acknowledging that He knows our need.

Whatever you are feeling or experiencing, tell God. And praise Him that He will deliver you from your fears.

A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts.
Paul Johnson

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He would have fed them also with the finest of wheat; and with honey from the rock I would have satisfied you.
Psalm 81:16

Recommended Reading: Deuteronomy 32:12-13

“O my brother, do you know the Savior, who is wondrous, kind, and true? He’s the rock of your salvation! There’s honey in the Rock for you.”¹

There is evidence that ancient civilizations practiced the art of beekeeping in order to harvest honey and pollinate crops. The practice of keeping bees intentionally grew out of the observation that bees will naturally create a hive in trees, crevices in rocks, and even in the carcass of a wild animal (Judges 14:8-9). Isaiah referred to the Assyrian army as bees that would rest “in the clefts of the rocks” (Isaiah 7:18-19). When Moses (Deuteronomy 32:13) and the psalmist (Psalm 81:16) referred to God providing “honey from the rock,” it was likely a metaphorical reference to God’s provision for His people—just as He provided water from a rock in the wilderness (Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:8-11), an image that was seen to be the preincarnate Christ (1 Corinthians 10:3-4).

However unlikely your circumstances may seem, know that God is able to provide for you through Christ Jesus.

God’s purposes always have God’s provision.
John Blanchard

1. F. A. Graves, “Honey in the Rock,” 1895.

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They waged war against the Hagrites…. They were helped in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him.
1 Chronicles 5:19-20, NIV

Recommended Reading: Psalm 55:22-23

Perhaps in reading through the Bible, you skim across 1 Chronicles 1–9 because these chapters contain long lists of genealogies. Yet here and there, the writer paused to say something special about some of the people. In chapter 5, the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh went to war against the Hagrites. They prevailed, not because of their size or armaments but because of two critical weapons—prayer and faith. They cried out to God during the battle, and He answered because they trusted in Him.

That exact formula will give you victory today. Are you facing an army of Hagrites? Is a loved one in crisis? Is the medical challenge great? Is cash tight? Are your spirits low? Cry out to God, and rely on Him. Trust Him. God is pleased when we bring Him our burdens, and He can lift the heaviest load.

Cry to Him during the battle. He will answer because He will help you trust in Him.

Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you.
Elisabeth Elliott

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Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of Your mercy!
Nehemiah 13:22

Recommended Reading: Nehemiah 5:17-19

In A Praying Life, Paul Miller recommends praying aloud as Jesus did. “We know what he is praying in Gethsemane because his disciples overhear him as he pours out his heart to his Father…. Praying out loud can be helpful because it keeps you from getting lost in your head. It makes your thoughts concrete.”

Miller admits, “Personally, I’ve found it hard to pray out loud because I’m so in the habit of praying silently. Still, when I confess a sin aloud, it feels more real. When I hear my own voice admitting that I’ve done something wrong, I’m surprised by how concrete the sin feels.”¹

The book of Nehemiah is full of “arrow prayers,” which Nehemiah sends up in moments of need. Telling God our problems and needs is the first step to moving toward hope. When we describe our troubles aloud to God, we find He is bigger than our problems. Take your troubles to the Lord today.

Regardless of how or when you pray, if you give God the space, he will touch your soul. God knows you are exhausted, but at the same time he longs to be part of your life.
Paul Miller

1. Paul Miller, A Praying Life (NavPress, 2017), 46-47.

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Then Job answered the Lord and said: “I know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.”
Job 42:1-2

Recommended Reading: Genesis 45:4-8

People often refer to “the patience of Job.” But truth be told, Job was not all that patient—he persisted in declaring his own innocence. It was not until God revealed Himself to Job at the end of his trials that Job repented of his self-defense and yielded himself to God’s sovereign will and wisdom.

The hardest thing about going through a time of trouble is continuing to walk by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). Faith means trusting God and His purposes, even when we can’t see or understand His reasons. In the Old Testament, Joseph is a good example of one who realized that God had a sovereign purpose for the suffering he had endured. He declared to his brothers, the ones who had sold him into slavery in Egypt, that God had sent him to Egypt to prepare for the salvation of his family during a time of famine (Genesis 45:4-8).

When you experience a time of difficulty, stay focused on God and His sovereign purposes in your life. Trust that He has a plan for you.

Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
Corrie ten Boom

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But [Job] said to [his wife], “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Job 2:10

Recommended Reading: Romans 8:28-29

In the midst of his suffering, Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!” (Job 2:9) Job had a choice: curse God or bless God.

Job had accepted great good from God up to this point. He had ten children and owned herds of thousands of sheep, camels, oxen, and donkeys. He was the greatest man of his day (Job 1:1-5). Job showed his gratitude to God by living a righteous life in every regard. But when God allowed Satan to remove all of Job’s many blessings, he was faced with a choice: bless God in spite of his difficulties or curse God because of them. To his credit, Job refused to curse God—though it took time for him to understand why he should continue to bless God (Job 42:1-6).

If you are looking for a reason to bless God in the midst of your difficulties, meditate on Romans 8:28-29.

It is when God appears to have abandoned us that we must abandon ourselves most wholly to God. 
François Fenelon

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Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him…. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; do not fret—it only causes harm.
Psalm 37:7-8

Recommended Reading: Psalm 37:9; Psalm 37:34

Television news often features segments at the nation’s largest airports—usually based around flight delays or cancellations. When the reporters interview travelers, they are often impatient or disgruntled. No one likes their plans to be delayed, much less canceled.

Delays happen all the time in our lives. We do our best to manage them with a measure of grace. What is harder is when we find ourselves in situations where we feel we have been wronged in some way and we ask God to intervene on our behalf. That was the motivation behind David writing Psalm 37—the contrast between the righteous who suffer at the hands of the wicked and the wicked themselves. David’s counsel to the righteous is not just to wait for the Lord to act but to wait “patiently.” If we are waiting patiently, we will not be angry or anxious. Instead, we will wait actively in prayer and in pursuit of acts of righteousness.

If your plans have been delayed or changed for whatever reason, do not fret. Instead, let your waiting be a time of seeking God’s will and finding joy in it.

Faith is not idle; it works while it waits.
Ronald Dunn

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The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Proverbs 18:10

Recommended Reading: Psalm 61:3-4

“Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee; let the water and the blood, from thy wounded side which flowed, be of sin the double cure; save from wrath and make me pure.”¹

The biblical city of Jericho is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. Modern archaeological excavations have revealed the city’s fortifications consisting of massive towers and walls. But those fortifications were not enough to preserve it when the Israelites entered Canaan (Joshua 6). Protection in the ancient world was centered around towers and walls. So it is no surprise that the Israelites referred to God as a “strong tower” in whom could be found safety and protection. Proverbs 18:11 says that the rich man considers his wealth to be a strong city with a high wall—that is, safety is found in wealth. But that notion has proven to be false. Only God’s name—His attributes—are a permanent source of safety.

Do not hide yourself in the wealth of this world but in the Rock of Ages.

A sovereign Protector I have, unseen, yet forever at hand.
Augustus M. Toplady

1. Augustus M. Toplady, “Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me,” 1776.

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Do not fret because of evildoers…. Trust in the Lord, and do good.
Psalm 37:1, 3

Recommended Reading: Psalm 37:1-6

Israel, China, Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Cuba, India, Nigeria. Every single day bad news circles the globe from each of the world’s nearly two hundred nations. Yes, good things are happening too, but most of them are not reported. It’s the disasters, wars, famines, and woes that capture the press and beam onto our screens.

But God is at work too. When awful things are happening all around us, we as Christians are called to “trust in the Lord and do good.” No matter what others are doing, we’re to have confidence that God is in control so we can “feed on His faithfulness” every day (Psalm 37:3). We can form our opinions about world conditions, and we can do what we can. We can pray and give and sometimes go.

Yet often the Lord wants us to look around us, trust Him where we are, acknowledge His reign and rule, and do the work He sets before us. So do not fret because of evildoers. The world is going to spin on its axis every 24 hours regardless of what is happening on its surface. So as the world turns, trust in its Maker and do good.

Faith cures fretting.
Charles Spurgeon

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Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits.
Psalm 68:19

Recommended Reading: Exodus 16:1-6

Karolina Sandell-Berg was a Swedish hymn writer who suffered a terrible tragedy when she was 26 years old. While on a boat trip her father fell overboard, and he disappeared beneath the water as she watched helplessly. Later she wrote a hymn that said, “Day by day, and with each passing moment, strength I find to meet my trials here.”

God often does things in our lives step by step, little by little, and day by day. That’s how He gives us strength, for Deuteronomy 33:25 says, “As your days, so shall your strength be.” Jesus taught us to pray for our daily bread, and we’d be wise to also pray for the Lord to provide our daily work, our daily joy, and grace sufficient for each day.

When the Israelites were in the wilderness, God didn’t provide them food for a week or a month or a year. He provided what they needed day by day. In this way, He wanted them to learn to rely on Him. Do you rely on Him to meet your daily needs? Learn to take life one day at a time.

Trusting in my Father’s wise bestowment, I’ve no cause for worry or for fear.
Karolina Sandell-Berg

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And the house of Israel called its name Manna. And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Exodus 16:31

Recommended Reading: John 6:31-40

Visitors to America from underdeveloped nations are often amazed at the variety on the shelves of the typical grocery store. But what if you went to the grocery store everyday for forty years and found only one product available: a whitish wafer with a semi-sweet taste?

That was the experience of the Israelites as they traveled in the wilderness for forty years prior to entering the land of Canaan. Their daily diet consisted of manna which appeared on the ground like dew every morning. It was a food they had never seen before. Indeed, manna got its name from the Hebrew expression, “What is it?” (Exodus 16:15) Jesus used manna as an illustration of His own role as the true Bread of Life that came down from heaven (John 6:32-33). Just as the Israelites were to be nourished daily by the manna God provided, so are we to be nourished daily as we feed on Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life.

Make sure you are setting aside time each day to be nourished by feeding on God’s living and written Word.

The Bible is meant to be bread for our daily use, not just cake for special occasions.
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But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” So [God] said, “I will certainly be with you.”
Exodus 3:11-12

Recommended Reading: Judges 6:14-16

Every Christian has been given spiritual gifts by God as well as natural talents and abilities. Even so, God sometimes calls a believer to a task that seems beyond one’s abilities.

Moses is a good example. Though his first forty years were spent being educated in the royal courts of Egypt, his second forty years were spent as a shepherd in Midian. At approximately age eighty, Moses probably considered himself unqualified for what God asked him to do next: go to Pharaoh in Egypt and lead the Hebrew slaves from bondage to freedom in the Promised Land of Canaan. When God first commissioned Moses to go, his first response was, “Who am I?” God didn’t address who Moses was; instead, He addressed who He was: “I AM WHO I AM” (Exodus 3:14). And He promised that He would be with Moses in the task to which he was called.

If God asks you to do something for Him and you feel unqualified, you are in the right place to depend on Him.

You will never need more than God can supply.
J. I. Packer

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And [God] said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians 12:9

Recommended Reading: Philippians 4:12-13

Paul wrote, “The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you” (Philippians 4:9). One example of imitating Paul was when he dealt with “a thorn in the flesh” (2 Corinthians 12:7).

Paul does not say what this “thorn” was, but he surmised that God allowed it as an antidote to pride. In the Old Testament, “thorn” was used to describe the Canaanites who irritated the Israelites when they moved into Canaan (Numbers 33:55-56). Perhaps Paul’s thorn was a false apostle trying to undermine his ministry in Corinth (2 Corinthians 11:13-15). Whatever the thorn was, Paul asked God three times to remove it. Instead of removing the problem, God gave Paul grace to endure it and to manifest Christ’s strength in his own human weakness.

If you are in a moment of weakness that God is not solving, imitate Paul by relying on God’s grace to give you strength.

Many are taught with the briars and thorns of affliction that would not learn otherwise.
Matthew Henry

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He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.
Psalm 62:2

Recommended Reading: Psalm 89:26

“My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name. On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand; all other ground is sinking sand.”¹

It is no wonder that the Prudential Insurance Company of America chose the famous Rock of Gibraltar as its symbol. This massive limestone mountain, standing guard over the western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea, is part of the British territory of Gibraltar. As a fortress it presents an image of permanence and unassailability. Nor is it any wonder that the psalmist David pictured God as his “rock”—an impenetrable fortress of protection and security against any attack, physical or spiritual: “I will never be shaken” (Psalm 62:2, NIV). As Moses said, “He is the Rock, His work is perfect” (Deuteronomy 32:4). Just as massive rocks don’t change, so God’s ways and works don’t change: “His work is perfect.”

Take shelter in the protection of the God who is a solid Rock rather than on the sinking sands of this world.

The sea ebbs and flows, but the rock remains unmoved.
Robert Murray M’Cheyne

1. Edward Mote, “My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less,” 1834.

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But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.
Romans 7:6

Recommended Reading: Romans 6:5-11

In Romans 6 and 7, the apostle Paul explains that in coming to Christ we die to the law. That is, we die to the idea that we can be saved by keeping the law. We die to the law as a binding covenant authority over us. The law is no longer the governing framework of our relationship with God. Having trusted in Christ as Savior, the Holy Spirit comes to enable us to live a life that fulfills the undergirding principle of the law—love. We now serve in the newness of the Spirit.

We simply cannot live in a Christlike way on our own or in our own abilities. Jesus wants to live His life through us by means of the Holy Spirit. He wants to do His work through us by the Holy Spirit. A Christlike attitude is one that isn’t focused on us but on doing the will of God. We can only do that through the power of the Holy Spirit within us.

Each day ask the Holy Spirit to guide you in knowing and doing God’s will. Ask the Spirit to fill you today and to have His complete way in your words, deeds, and actions.

All of Christ in all of you. You can never have more. You need never have less.
Major Ian Thomas

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And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him.
Matthew 14:31

Recommended Reading: Matthew 14:22-33

Logan Hayes was stuck in traffic on Interstate 95 when he noticed a vehicle sinking in a nearby pond. He leaped from his car and jumped in the water. A panicked woman was stuck in the front seat. Logan pulled her out and swam her fifty feet to shore. The woman was pregnant, and hours after the rescue she gave birth to a healthy baby girl. One unselfish act, two lives saved!¹

It’s important to keep our eyes open for drowning people. They may be drowning in debt, drowning in sorrow, or drowning in sin. When Peter was sinking beneath the waves, Jesus reached down and pulled him up. Later Peter stretched out his hand to a lame man, pulled him to his feet, and the man began walking and leaping and praising God (Acts 3:7-8).

The same Jesus who knew how to pull Peter from the overwhelming waves can empower us to pull people from their bad places in life. As we attempt to live our lives as Christ did, we have the responsibility of looking out for the interests of others. Ask Him to show you ways to pull others up.

The Bible teaches that we have a Christian duty to help our neighbors in their time of need. We are called by God to bring the water of life for both soul and body.
Billy Graham

1. “Good Samaritan Rescues Pregnant Woman From Sinking Car in Florida,” 6ABC Action News, February 10, 2026.

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He is able to aid those who are tempted.
Hebrews 2:18

Recommended Reading: Psalm 27:1-5

What’s the strongest animal on earth? African elephants, which are also the largest land animals. Much of their strength is concentrated in their trunks, which have more than forty thousand muscles. Think of that! Forty thousand muscles just in their trunks! Humans only have six hundred muscles in their entire bodies. These massive animals can carry more than six tons, knock down mature trees, and lift more than six hundred pounds with their trunks. But their trunks are also very gentle and can pick up a single blade of grass. The useful appendage also serves as a snorkel when the creatures swim underwater.

God has built incredible strength into His creation—the power of the atom, the explosion of volcanos, and the measureless energy of the sun. Our God possesses endless energy, which is never depleted or exhausted. We say He is omnipotent—all powerful.

His limitless strength is available to us when we’re tempted or tested. Hebrews 2:18 says, “He is able to aid those who are tempted.” When you feel yourself being tempted or tested, try praying: Your strength, Lord! A simple prayer for help, sincerely offered, avails much!

To be tempted is in itself no sin. It is the yielding to the temptation…which we must fear.
J. C. Ryle

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