admin I have been more blessed than most people in that I have grown up in a family of great faith. My father, Charlie Grier, set a beautiful example my entire of life in simply believing that God is certainly able to do what He promises. In spite of this, there are many times that my faith has wavered. I knew what the bible said but had trouble believing always that a miracle would occur when all circumstances screamed ‘impossible!’ This year I have been challenged to simply ‘believe God.’ I was impressed with the following article from The Bible Friend.
HE CAN
“He…hangeth the earth upon nothing.” Job 26:7
“In looking to God for deliverance of any kind, we are prone to try to discover what material He has on hand to work on in coming to our relief. If we are praying for financial help, we are apt to look over the community to see if we can think of any one whom the Lord might influence to lend us some money. If there are no apparent probabilities in that direction, we find it difficult to believe for hard cash.
“If it is employment we need in order to insure the continuance of our bread and butter, we make diligent inquiries in the industrial centers, and if we find that the shops, stores and factories are more than full handed, it is pretty hard work to be hopeful that we are going to get work.
“If we are ill and our physician is at a loss to know what next to try in order to alleviate us, it is not at all easy to convince ourselves that we are going speedily to recover.
“It is so human to look and crave for something in sight that will help the Lord out. In time of need, if we can only find a little something for God to begin on, we seem so much better satisfied. To need a sum of money and not be able to think of a friend a man or a monied institution from which it might be obtained, gives a dark background to the scene.
“To need work, and to find that throngs of others as needy as yourself are also idle, makes the human outlook very dark. To be in bed day after day, feeling no better, but rather worse, doctor’s bill increasing, business suffering and patience giving out, make a situation in which relief does not seem very probable. The trouble is, there does not appear to be a single human prospect to begin on. The outlook is all liabilities with no resources to help out.
“Now, to God’s child, what is the real situation? Is there nothing but liabilities? Much every way. Are there no resources? Yea, thousands, millions, billions, trillions! Where are they? Above you, below you, around you. Earth and air are full of wealth untold. You can’t see it, eh? You don’t need to see it. Keep your eye on him.
“Just think a moment. It is not at all necessary for you to see any help in sight, nor is it really necessary for God to have any relief on hand. He does not need anything to begin on. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. What did He make them out of? Nothing, absolutely nothing. When the earth was made what did He hang it on? Nothing. Pretty satisfactory earth to be made of nothing, eh? Remember, not a scrap of anything was used to make it. “He…hangeth the earth upon nothing.”
“It hangs all right, doesn’t it? Very well, then. A God who can make an earth, a sun, a moon and stars out of nothing, can supply all your needs, whether He has anything to work with or not. Wonderful, isn’t it?
“Trust Him and He will see you though.”
-Gospel Tract Society, Inc. The Bible Friend, Jan-Feb 2010, p.1
When we feel circumstances crowding us, we need to look at people like Fanny Crosby. What a beautiful lady! This little blind girl wrote the following poem at 8 years of age!
BLIND BUT HAPPY
By Fanny Crosby
O what a happy soul I am!
Although I cannot see.
I am resolved that in this world
Contented I will be.
How many blessings I enjoy
That other people don’t!
To weep and sigh because I’m blind
I cannot, and I won’t.
Ibid p.4
How do we go from doubts to joy? Stella Adams suggests a beautiful method in the following poem.
THE ART OF PRAISE
By Stella Adams
Too often we are weary
With all our trials and strife
But, praising our dear Savior
Will bless and gladden our life.
Like sunshine drives out darkness
So praise can scatter doubt
Just keep on praising Jesus
Rejoice, sing out and shout.
Praise is the cure of grumbling
God dwells in the courts of praise
Praise is the tune of angels
Let it brighten all your days.
Yes, praise will bring you blessings
Will make your heart revive
Will lift your heavy burden
And cause your soul to thrive.
A praising man is easy
To live with every day
Then, let us practice praising
To drive the clouds away.
This world is fully of sorrow
And happy men are few
So learn the art of praising
In everything you do.
When your days are trying
And when your spirit is glum
Just keep on praising Jesus
And Satan will succumb.
The devil can’t stand praises
He hates a thankful heart
Praise will bring deliverance
Let’s master this great art.
Ibid p. 4
