better days ahead

sometimes life is just unfair.  the scriptures reveal that rain (not the good kind) falls on the just and unjust alike.  circumstances seem to come out of nowhere and try to frustrate, discourage and defeat me.  i don’t know about you, but there are plenty of days when i feel like giving up, throwing in the towel and calling it quits!  i have to remind myself that the enemy works overtime to bully me, pressure me and tries to get me to submit to problems and set-backs.  his entire plan consists of lying to me, blowing things out of proportion and trying to wear me down and wear me out.  he is always looking for an open door, for a foothold, for anything he can use to take me down and knock me out. 

thank God that deep down i know there are BETTER DAYS AHEAD!  i know it is darkest before the dawn. i realize that the enemy brings a vicious attack right before God brings a glorious victory (i have seen it 100 times in my life).  as i take my eyes off the problems and put them back (where they belong) on my provider - encouragement fills my soul.   the psalmist said,  ”i look up to the mountains; does my strength come from mountains? No, my strength comes from God, who made heaven, and earth, and mountains.”  My help comes from God - the God of the breakthrough.  God gives me joy, God gives me strength, God gives me the energy to get up and breakaway from the oppression of the wicked one.

God is an ever-present help in times of trouble.  the pain, the pressure, the problems you face will fade.   so no matter what you are dealing with right now, remember He is with you and He has guaranteed better days ahead for you.  don’t give up, look up!