Devotion Corner

Psalm 3:1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

‘It never rains, but it pours’ as the saying goes. When we face trials and tribulations, they often arrive in tandem with one another, like an unrelenting barrage of fearsome waves against a fragile shoreline. What started out as one hinderance, can feel as though it’s 

snowballed into a whole array of trials that threaten to overwhelm us.

We are not alone in these moments when we feel as though every adversary against us in uniting in force and our trials are increasing right before our eyes. Our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, knew this agony very well. As He hung upon the Cross, He would’ve gazed out on a multitude of mocking, jeering, cursing souls, all coming together as one mass of cruelty in front of Him. Those who plotted against Him in cowardice of the shadows, now stood gathered in front of Him with evil sneers of satisfaction, believing their murderous plot was a victory for them. 

Oh, foolish, wicked souls! For the might of the Lord Jesus cannot be overwhelmed by even the greatest gathering of evil! Though they may rise up against Him, they cannot defeat Him, and though they troubled Him for a season, it was all in the foreordained will of God. 

When we experience such times as those known by the Psalmist, we are to remember and cling to the power of Christ Jesus! For though the forces of evil and darkness increased to their summit of wickedness as He bled upon the Cross, His love towards repentant hearts meant that their plans were vanquished! For three days later, He would rise again from the tomb, and stand victorious against those hordes of evil. 

His victory was full and final, forever banishing the troubles of spirit darkness can bring to the righteous and redeemed heart. For when we cling to the Risen Lord Jesus, nothing in all Creation can wrestle us from His hand. There we are safe forevermore. Amen.