Recently, my daughter’s family ran to the Emergency Room in the wee hours of the morning & spent a good part of the day there because my son-in-law Chris was experiencing severe pain in his chest & stomach. Rousing three boys ages 3-7 out of bed, packing enough supplies to keep them satisfied, pleading with ER staff to do something, finally going through tests … well you get the picture. They found out his gallbladder needs to be removed, but were able to give him some medicine that calmed things down until surgery can be scheduled. Did I mention my daughter is pregnant & that their vehicle has been acting up?
TROUBLE. Everyone has some. Why am I talking about trouble on the Sunday after Thanksgiving? If it weren’t for trouble our testimonies would be pretty lame. If there were no Midianites we would have never heard of Gideon. If there hadn’t been a Goliath … the story just wouldn’t be the same if David had faced a midget.
Trouble is the prelude to every miracle. The greater the trouble, the greater the miracle, the greater the praise! God is our ever present help in times of trouble.