The Lord Is Good, A Refuge In Times Of Troubles

NAHUM 1:6-8
“Who can stand before His indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are thrown down by Him. The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him. But with an overflowing flood He will make an utter end of its place, And darkness will pursue His enemies.
”‭‭Nahum‬ ‭1:6-8‬ ‭NKJV‬
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Nahum’s message: “The burden against Nineveh (v1), was a very strong message; a message that should be taken very seriously.
Our God, is a jealous God, He will avenge His enemies, He will furiously take vengeance, and He reserves wrath for His enemies (v2).
But at the same time, the Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, His grace falls upon all who repent. He wants no one to perish, but all to come to repentance (2PETER 3:9).
But do not be complacent; He will not acquit the wicked (v3).
No one can defy God the Almighty; He is the creator of the universe, the stars were born by His breath (PSALM 33:6). He controls the sun and the galaxies. Who could stand against Him; He who controls the rise and fall of nations?
He knows those who put their trust in Him; and for them, He is faithful; He is a stronghold in times trouble.
No situation or problem is to big, or indeed too small. Whatever your situation, however impossible, it’s possible with God (LUKE 18:37; MATHEW 19:26).
He goes before you to make way, and at the same time, goes through it all with you (DEUTERONOMY 31:8).
Truly, The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
The righteous run to it and are safe (PROVERBS 18:10).
This is a very encouraging message for us believers today as we face the trials and challenges of this world; the failing financial systems, broken businesses, unemployment, restrictions upon our freedoms, and man made pestilence that we have all become victim to.
The truth is, Jesus is the only solution; “Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
‭‭John‬ ‭14:6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
Jesus is the only solution to the troubles of this world today; only He can turn this around.
This word given to Solomon, and I believe is for God’s elite today:
My brethren, “The Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place. For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My judgments, then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man as ruler in Israel.’ “But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them, then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house which I have sanctified for My name I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples. “And as for this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and this house?’ Then they will answer, ‘Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this calamity on them.’ ””
‭‭II Chronicles‬ ‭7:12-22‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
My beloved, man’s old church is finished, and Christ church is rising. “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭4‬:‭11‬-‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
Christ is taking control of His church, separating the chaff from the wheat, and pouring out the new wine into His specially prepared wine skins (JOHN 2: 1-11; Joel 2:18-19).
Jesus time is now and as He said, ““Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.”
‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭12‬-‭14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
For with the new wine, comes new powers and new freedoms, for the kingdom of God is here.
My beloved, if you remain in the wrong house, you shall be crushed with their rebellious leaders, who continue to mock and deny the apostolic ministry of Christ.
Jesus said, “Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
The worship may seem good, and the prophecies encouraging; we can all tell the people what want to hear. But there’s no real fruit; people’s lives don’t change because while the devil can prophecy, do miracles, and heal, but he will not cast out the devils (MATHEW 12:26); they remain in the church and take the leadership round and round the same old time and time again, displaying the cross, but not carrying it.
My beloved, you shall know them by their fruit (MATHEW 7:15-20).
The Pastor desperately preaches a prosperity Jesus to bring in funds and the worship becomes nothing more than entertainment designed to bring the people in.
The Pastor/ minister controls, rather than host and shepherd’s. He shuts down everything that doesn’t support his ideals and blocks the movement of God because his trust is in himself rather than God.
Therefore, “Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.” Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.” “I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty.””
‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭6‬:‭14‬-‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.