He Is Our Refuge

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1

I once heard the following statement from a simple old man, and I have never forgotten it: "When God tests you, it is a good time to test Him by putting His promises to the test and then claiming from Him exactly what your trials have made necessary.

There are two ways of getting out of a trial. One is simply to try to get rid of the trial, and then to be
thankful when it is over. The other is to recognize the trial as a challenge from God to claim a larger
blessing than we have ever before experienced, and to accept it with delight as an opportunity of receiving a greater measure of God's divine grace.

In this way, even the Adversary becomes a help to us, and all things that seem to be against us turn out to assist us along our way. Surely this is what is meant by the words "In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Rom 8:37

A B Simpson


Not always OUT of our troubled times,

     And the struggles fierce and grim,

But IN--deeper in--to our sure rest,

     The place of our peace, IN Him.

Annie Johnson Flint