Consider this: Isaac looked up to his father, Abraham, and asked, “Where’s the lamb?” To which Abraham replied, “God will provide.” Jenny looked up from balancing the checkbook and exclaimed to her husband, “I don’t know how we will make it this month. Our money is less than our needs.” To which her husband, Bill, replied, “God will provide.” Even though millenniums separate the above illustrations, the truth is steadfast and sure. We live by faith. It is easy to praise God when things are going well in your marriage, but circumstances have a way of changing your emotional outlook, don’t they? Your relationship with God can be much like your relationship with your spouse—you won't always feel close to Him. There may be times when it feels like God has abandoned or forgotten you. Regardless of how we are feeling at any particular moment, we are to place our trust in Him. Troubling circumstances cannot change the character of God, and He is omnipresent, so do not lose hope. He is always ready to help you. Yield to Him when you and your spouse have had a difference of opinion, you have spoken unkind words, or even if you walked out! Talk things over with God, then find your spouse and seek forgiveness. Ask God for a fresh start together—in His presence.

Discuss: Which of the following areas of your life most reveal your need to have your emotions under the lordship of Jesus Christ? Why do you believe this is so?
[ ] Work Life   [ ] Family Life   [ ] Relationships   [ ] Church Life

It isn’t your problems that are bothering you. It is the way you are looking at them.
EPICTETUS (C. 55–C. 135)

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