Bro. Eddie Ministries Reading Plan: The Word Gives HopeHalimbawa

When days are tough

Some situations grow from bad to worse. They seem out of control and we cry in frustration and hope that they will soon be over. With problems pouring like rain makes us wonder how we shall be able to rise above them.

These are what we call tough days. We get anxious or quick-tempered when they come. Some people offer help but oftentimes we go through these all alone. We hold on to the will to fight to survive. For at times, others who come to our rescue would just complicate matters.

One story Charles Swindoll cited in his book “Come Before Winter and Share My Hope” tells an example of this. He narrated that there were four guys who decided to go mountain climbing one weekend. In the middle of the climb, one of them slipped over a cliff, dropped about sixty feet, and landed with a thud on the edge below. The other three, hoping to rescue him, yelled, “Joe, are you okay?”

“I’m alive…but I think I broke both my arms!”

“We’ll toss a rope down to you and pull you up. Just lie still!” said the three.

“Fine,” Joe answered.

A couple of minutes after dropping one end of the rope, they started tugging and grunting together, working feverishly to pull their wounded companion to safety. When they had him about three-fourths of the way up, they suddenly remembered he said he had broken both of his arms.

“Joe! If you broke both your arms, how in the world are you hanging on?”

Joe responded, “With my TEEEEEEEEEEETH….”

You see, other people can’t really help much during tough days.

But though each of those tough days may come in different faces, we must believe that God cares and He can do something.

We may be at the point of giving up because of numerous trials that came to us just recently. But even if we find them hard to bear, God wants us to find encouragement from His Word. It will help us know the things that we ought to know and do when we face those difficult days.

Let us not faint but keep on trusting God. Galatians 6:9 says, “Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”

Let us refuse to be discouraged. Let us keep our faith alive and active.

Tough days cannot threaten us for as long as we trust God’s character. He will not fail those who trust Him.

Reflection:
1. To whom do you first run whenever you face trials? Why?
2. Are you facing tough days? How will you fight discouragement?


God stands by us during tough days