As we pause for one moment and have a good look at past experiences that we have had to endure in life, the one thing we have had to face is trouble, which came without warning and when least expected. What is trouble? Trouble can be related to distress, worry, concern, difficulty, discomfort, unpleasantness, inconvenience, vexation, grief, affliction, suffering, tribulation, adversity, misfortune, and a host of other things. Job 14:1 has this to say about trouble: “Man that is born of a woman is of few days old and full of trouble.”
In spite of being a Christian, life isn’t without trials. There are times when we have to run the gauntlet because of the problems that we face, and this results in us having sleepless nights, as well as anxiety. The one thing that causes us to rejoice is the fact that we are not alone. We have a Saviour that pilots us through troubled waters. No matter what we endure as Christians, God’s word is still the source of hope and comfort. Romans 5:3,4 confirms this: verse 3 says, “ We can rejoice too when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us they help us endure” and verse 4, “and endurance develops strength of character in us, and character strengthens our confident expectation of salvation.” In the school of hard knocks we have been taught not to depend on called friends. because when we needed them to stand by us, they seem to have been relocated to some other place. The area in which we fail, is that we don’t share our problems with Jesus. Jesus is a friend that never lets us down. His telephone number is 333 Jeremiah 33:3, “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” Whenever we have disappointments, problems, or matters that are beyond our control we need to run to Father God and not from Him. “Trust in the Lord, always” Isaiah 26:4.