Psalm 112:1,7: "Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who finds great delight in his commands . . . . He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD."
Trials and tribulations are inevitable in our life experience; truly, none of us are immune to them. These difficulties that rack our souls with unimaginable anguish are packaged differently for each of us, but they are nonetheless real and nonetheless painful.
In the above mentioned passage, we find that the way to press through (and ultimately gain victory over) the storms of life is to "fear" the Lord and delight in His commands. To fear the Lord is to stand (or possibly fall) in utter awe at His greatness and to know that He is the Sovereign One who transcends all things and is triumphant over all things. When we trust in faith that God is in control, we can surrender to Him as our Lord and believe that He will bring about our ultimate deliverance from our miseries. We will be able to find rest in the assurance that our glorious Lord will make all things new (Revelation 21:5), as He draws the redeemed into His glorious presence and removes the tears that our painful ordeals have brought to our faces. Our hope will be found in the reality that God will vindicate us from the tribulations that this sinful world have forced upon us, and we will never again mourn the pain of loss in our lives.
Of course, when we know in our hearts that the Lord is the Almighty One who is Sovereign over all creation and is the greatest lover of our souls, then we will not find His commands a drudgery; instead we will find obedience to His will an absolute delight. We will want to obey Him, for we know that following His commands will draw us closer to His presence . . . the only way in which we are truly fulfilled.
Let us press on in knowing that God loves us and extends to us the hope of redemption from our perilous circumstances. Let us trust the Lord in faith, marveling in His presence in our lives today just as we will stand in utter amazement at His glory when He returns for us (see 2 Thessalonians 1:10).
When we walk daily in intimate fellowship with the Lord, our faith in Him will drive away the fears that would otherwise reek havoc in our lives. And when we trust that our Creator God is also our Redeemer and Sustainer who carries us through our ordeals, our hearts will remain steadfast in Him, no matter what tribulations befall us.
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