The Application of the Truth of God to the Hurting Soul: Part 2

Satan’s design is for us to focus on our troubles and not upon our God
The enemy’s grand scheme (Ephesians 6:11) is for Christ’s followers to be so wrapped up in their troubles that they lose sight of the source of their strength (Exodus 15:2). Satan desires that we would be so distraught and overwhelmed with the trials of life that we would curse God to His face (Job 1:11). This is the pervasive struggle in trials: to see past the trials so that we might see the face of God. The glass is even dimmer in the darkness of trial and tribulation (1 Corinthians 13:12) so we must strain to see past the situation and squint to see the light of God. We surely cannot do this apart from faith in God and in the promises of His Word.
When the writer of Hebrews says, “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1) he captures the essence of faith in God and His promises in the midst of trials. When we walk through the trials of life we do not often “see” the hand of God. Many times it seems to be quite the opposite: a world and a life that are out of control where God does not intervene. It is in those dark moments that we must be “certain” of what we do not see, namely the secure and steadfast promises of God that are rooted in the unchanging character of God and His Word.