God is our Refuge. Ps 46:1

Psalm 46:1 "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."

God is our present help. Not just our future help. We can count on Him now. God asks us to respond to the word of God now. God wants obedience. He will not ask from us what He is not like. God is like what He teaches us to do. We are to be like God. Eph 5:1

Jesus said that Lazarus would rise again. There is a requirement of belief for it says in John 11:40 "Did I not say to you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?"

Belief flows in part in our willingness to follow God as we receive His direction. If we are not really ready to obey His direction, we aren't truly His disciple and we don't have the attitude of a disciple.

Believe God is a help today. Don't look at your circumstances, give glory to God.

Det 4:7 God is near to us when we call on Him. What does it mean to be near? It means God hears. And if God hears we have the answer. 1 John 5:14,15.

Psalm 34:17-18 "The righteous cry, and the Lord hears
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
And saves those who are crushed in spirit."


People have said, "I asked and I didn't get an answer." Keep on asking, keep on seeking, keep on knocking. For he who asks receives and he who seeks will find and he who knocks it will be opened to him. Matthew 7:7-8

It is our persistence that show our belief. Faith wouldn't quit. Faith pushes forward. Take hold of eternal life to which you were called. 1 Timothy 6:12 What were you called for? Ephesians 2:10 Fight for that and keep fighting. Knowing the truth but giving up on it is not knowing. It is remaining in the word that brings freedom. John 8:31-32; James 1:22