Precarious Times Call For Prayerful Measures

When have you felt like you were about to crash? Perhaps you had too much to do, or perhaps you had too many circumstances that were mounting out of your control. Are you feeling precarious? Precarious times call for prayerful measures.

Those precarious times may be our most important times because in those times we walk closely with the Lord. We sense the need for our Shepherd most when the dark clouds of difficult times and the thunder and lightning bolts of pain or loss cause our hearts to skip away from the outskirts of the Lord’s flock and walk as closely to Him as we can. While you are there, know that His presence comforts you. As David said, “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him.” Do what you can in each situation and then leave the rest in His hand. I’m struck with this in the life of Esther. Her life was totally upended when she was taken into a wicked man’s harem. He was the most powerful man on earth so she could not say no. But she prayed to the Lord. As did her Uncle, Mordecai, who was threatened by a wicked pagan ruler to bow down to him or burn. Esther prayed, Mordecai prayed, and the Lord intervened… They were definitely in a precarious place and in that case, God intervened through a sleepless night of King Xerxes as he asked that his chronicles be read to him. And on that sleepless night, the entire story turned! He honored Mordecai and took care of Esther as Queen. We can trust our God with all of our precarious problems and even trust His providence with the times that sleep runs from our eyes. Trust His Hand and rest in His presence tonight. And as you do, call upon Him. Wait in prayer. Rest in His care and know that His way is best.