We all experience a trek through pain and suffering that entrenches us.
Through it all there is a constant daily reminder in scripture that’s important to hold onto as we walk through life.
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you, when you walk through the fire you shall not be burned, and the flame will not consume you” -Isaiah 43:2
God is in control, He loves us, and He will use our struggles for His glory.
Trusting God in our suffering.
“God is our refuge and strength, a helper who is always found in times of trouble” -Psalm 46:1
When we are able to trust God in the middle of our pain, we will find refuge. In Psalm 118:5-6 David says this,
“I called to the Lord in distress, the Lord answered me and put in a spacious place. The Lord is for me, I will not be afraid. What can a mere mortal do to me.”
David was in distress, and he called upon the Lord. When God answered him, he knew he could stand securely, knowing that God always remains faithful in the midst of his pain and suffering that he was enduring.
David was not saying that he would not suffer, but that he would not fear suffering because he wholeheartedly trusted that the Lord was for him.
In the mist of our pain, God asks us to trust Him. God asked us not to cling the ways of the world, but to cling to Him, because that’s where our refuge is.  the world would have us to believe that desolation surrounds us. God asked us to trust Him and assures us that He will be with us in all of it.
Even though, when they walk-through troubled times, and uncertainty, God is our peace. It is in the dark places that God reveals Himself in ways we cannot have known otherwise.
There may be times we beg God to avoid a certain trial, or valley, but He can teach us step by step that we just need to trust Him, to call on Him to give us strength we need to instill in us a dependent heart the fully trusts His plan, His path, at His pace as we make our way through life’s journey.
When we trust Him we will fear no evil because we are able to rest in the knowledge of who God is over any circumstance we find ourselves in.
God is our sufficiency in the pain and suffering. God isn’t diminished in desolation. He remains unchanged.
The condition of our circumstances never stop God from being God. Instead it forms an avenue in which we can encounter Him. His presence never departs from us. His Word prepares the way for us to press into the path of His truth.
From Pity to Praise 