Help In Trouble

in this song David reveals a search for God God is our refuge he reveals a search for God he others tend to seek protection and security sometimes in their career sometimes in their relationships sometimes in the how they feel about themselves but David says I'm I'm seeking this protection I'm looking for God to be my refuge looking for yourself you'll only find yourself when you find him you're searching for place of security a friendly friendly Discovery searching for someone who will make you feel better about you what I love about God and David search is he reveals some things God is not just a person God is a place God is a place where you can dwell Jesus is a twice place where you can live and David understands he says I've got a place waiting for me called the refuge who's known as God Stephen says he is my refuge and my strength and every other place of safety is a lie compared to God all of the strengths a weak because power belongs to God that your God is equal to every crisis and circumstance and any emergency you have it he is very prescient in his help in trouble so the devil's job is to make you think God has abandoned you because trouble has come to your house but when trouble comes a mature Saint knows I need to start giving God glory cuz trouble has something trouble didn't mean to do trouble reveal to me that God is closer to me than he's ever been y'all if y'all did only hear what I said I said trouble reveals something trouble never intends to reveal that when trouble shows up trouble inadvertently can increase your faith because God has already promised that when trouble shows up he's gonna be present while I'm going through is this making sense yet which others works man so so so he's in in the trouble with us now I understand why Jesus had to show up in the fiery furnace because he can't let his children get in hot places and not come there with them y'all understand what I'm saying so so so so when you get home tonight you're going to read that then to the boys in the fiery furnace and and Shadrach Meshach and Abednego to get they get tied up they get thrown into the fire I understand now what most people miss is that they have to they've turned the furnace up seven times hotter than it usually is they don't intend for these guys to survive this particular season the first thing I want you to understand is you might not be able to control the heat but God controls what happens to you that's not the whole story right there that was it so read your Bible tonight so it's so so they tie them up they're gonna throw them in a furnace that they can lock but they tie them up before they throw them in because they're trying to make sure that they can't find a cooler place in the season they've decided no matter what you try to do you're not gonna be able to help yourself in this situation so they tie them up pick them up and start walking them towards the furnace now the Bible says that the strongest soldiers they had in the kingdom because they understood the God that they served that the strongest soldiers they had escorted them to the furnace now in the text it says that the soldiers died putting them in from the [Applause] let me talk to y'all so the folk that were carrying them in to kill them died trying to put them in the furnace which means the Hebrew boys kept walking into the fire on escorted the Bible says they fall down in the midst of the fire they wait overnight the King comes running down to the furnace and looks through the window he said didn't we put three guys in there he said I see four here's what you need to understand Jesus was already in the furnace he was in the season before you ever get and what killed other people will not tell you [Applause] somebody said he is my refuge said he'd be there in trouble so so so David says he's my strength he's my refuge he's my very present help he never was this withdraws from you while you're in trouble I'm getting ready say something she's gonna make sense he he never leaves you in trouble times so my victory has to be over how I feel because I know that I'm not by myself so I have to be careful that my fear doesn't change my faith he is our help he's effective help he's consistent help he is close at your side he's more present than a friend or relative but this is the one I really like he's even closer to you then the trouble is see what he was in the midst of the Hebrew boys when they went in to the fire but because he's God he was in the fire and he was with them at the same time he he was [Music] so much fear I was gonna wait to tell you this but I got tuna but fear is actually irrational I'm afraid of a fire that he's already occupied he's his protection doesn't begin when I recognized the trouble his protection began what's this before I felt the heat [Applause] so the bible is just no in psalm 46 that he comes at the time he's needed at the devices he's there when you recognize he's there why says because he can't leave you so the deliverance comes when I recognize him in my trouble so so so what what I loved about the Hebrew was they they had this kind of whatever kind of kind of attitude they just you know if he delivers us fine if he doesn't deliver us fine he's still God and you know what and and and that statement is not an invitation for God not to show up it puts a demand on God that he must show up because anytime you saying no matter what happens he's still mine he says let me show up on it let me let me just let me really show off I'm gonna get in the fire and the thing that suppose destroyed them I from them into coming here let me show them who you trust

Channel: Bishop David G. Evans

Views: 1,307

Rating: 4.8490567 out of 5

Keywords: Elevation, TD Jakes, Bethany Baptist, Bishop, David, Evans, Potters House, Trouble, Help, Confusion

Id: oEtRZ6GIRDk

Length: 10min 51sec (651 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 04 2019