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The Rescue of the Lord

by Jerry Ousley
9/02/2016 / Christian Living

To finish the story we began, I had lost my job, our church building had been destroyed and our small congregation found itself worshipping in the recreation center of another church in town (and thank God for them). The denomination we were a part of had managed to scrape together a sum of around $18,000.00 to help us. We were thankful because we knew if we made it stretch and did most of the work ourselves we could get the job done.

I had to take a second shift production job in order to keep our bills paid and put food on the table for a few months. There's nothing wrong with working second shift but have you ever tried to pastor a church and work second shift? It isn't easy at all, let me tell you.

We had services for a whole year in that recreation center while the men of our church spent every spare minute they could replacing floors, putting up drywall, installing a new furnace, painting and more. By the time we were finally able to return to our building our congregation had dwindled down to between fifteen and twenty people.

But we were finally home. God really did have a plan because we not only wound up with a better building but He began blessing our faithfulness while we were in the valley and we soon began to grow. Some people who had left returned and we actually gained families after that. It had been an ordeal but God was in it all the way.

In Joshua 8 after spending all night in the valley Joshua waited for the certain attack of the army of Ai. It came the next morning and it wore hard upon them. But God had given them a plan. As the men poured out of Ai those of Israel who had been in hiding came out, took the city and set it on fire. When the smoke began to ascend the army of Ai knew something was up. The men who had destroyed the city began to attack Ai from the rear and the five thousand men Joshua had hidden on the sidelines appeared. They lit in to the army of Ai and quickly defeated their enemy. God gave them a great victory that day.

So it is with us. As we have said there are periods in our lives when we must descend into the valley. Those times aren't fun to say the least. They are trying, testing and hard times. During those times our enemy, the devil, will certainly come on the scene and magnify things so as to completely destroy us. But we've got to do like Joshua and hold our position firm.

God has a plan. He loves His children more than we could ever know. He will not leave us alone in the valley. In the very popular twenty-third Psalm David said this: "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me" (verse 4). Even though it may feel like we are in that dark valley all by ourselves we are not. God is ever present and He is right there with us.

Sometimes in order to teach us He will allow us to feel sad, down, gloomy and desperate. But He really is right there. He really does have a plan of action. He is certainly going to get us through that terrible plight if we will only hang with Him. He will come to our rescue.

Jerry D. Ousley is the author of "Soul Challenge", "Soul Journey", "Ordeal", "The Spirit Bread Daily Devotional" and his first novel "The Shoe Tree." Newer books include "Finality" and "Dividing God's Church." Visit our website at spiritbread.com to download these and more completely free of charge

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