Trusting God in Adversity
It is easy for us to trust in God when the sun shines brightly, the birds sing, and every person we meet has a friendly greeting for us. No great exercise of faith is required for anyone to trust in God under such circumstances as these. But this is not what trust is. It is when darkness covers our pathway, when adversity comes upon us, and when afflictions press us sore, then it is that trust brings us its greatest blessings. Job, although afflicted almost to the point of death, could rejoice in the Lord, and exclaim, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him!” Job 13:15. The greater our needs, the greater should be our faith. The assurance which God gives us that he is more than willing at all times to bestow his blessings upon us should especially cause us to call upon him in time of trial, not because of his greater willingness to bless, but because of the fact that we realize to a greater extent our need of his help. Therefore upon such occasions as these above all others, we should call upon him with “full assurance of faith.” And if we do this, he will undoubtedly be found of us to the joy of our souls.