Psalm 46:1 says, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” I love to think of how the Lord is Ever Present in my life. Psalm 139:2-3 says, “You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thoughts afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.” That speaks of His Presence.

Life is full of trials. They come in all shapes and sizes, and with various intensities. I’m reading the book of Job now. He was so pressed. Job 19:23 says, “Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!” 

Like Job, we do not know the fruit that will be born from our hard trials. I love Job’s conclusion. Job 42:2 says, “I know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.” God’s ways are higher than our ways. Isaiah 55:9.