Let Your Requests Be Made Known to God

Psalm 94:17-18, 22- “If the Lord had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence. When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up….The Lord has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge.”

Because we’re not all-wise or omnipotent, none of us know what our futures hold. For me, not knowing what my future holds or what the outcome of a situation will be can become, at times, a temptation to worry or fear. What God has taught me over the past few years is the precious truth that He is good and that He DOES release us from trials and tribulations in His perfect timing. Whether it’s God’s will to calm our storm or add another dimension to it, we don’t know. What we can be sure of, though, is that when we approach our gracious Father with prayer and praise, we’ll be freed from all our fears, and we’ll know the guarding power of His love, as Paul reminded the Philippians….

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, 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 your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4:4-7)

Charles Spurgeon said, “There is no place to which you can be banished where God is not near, and there is no time of day or night when His throne is inaccessible. The caves have heard best prayer. Some of God’s people shine brightest in the dark.”