“The Lord saved me from the paw of the lion. He saved me from the paw of the bear. And he’ll save me from the powerful hand of this Philistine too.” 1 Samuel 17:37 NIV
How do we know that God will stand by us in our time of need? What gives us the idea or the hope that God will be there to strengthen us? Our assurance of our relationship with God is a result of our past. When we look back, can we see where God was with us? From looking back into the past we can see how our life is not a coincidence. We can see God’s hand was working in our lives. But too often our eyes become blinded by our pride. We look back and proclaim “Look at what I have accomplished!” Our faith grows out of our experience of what God has done in our lives. How did David have the faith that he could slay the giant? He knew because God saved him from the lion and the bear. Our lack of faith grows out of our experience of what we have done in our lives. It is all a matter of where we are looking. When we see God in all we do, we are never alone. When we see ourselves in all we do, we are never comforted.
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