Under The Fathers Wings

Some time life causes us to be like a rubber band

that is stretched so tight that it is at the breaking

point. The pressures of every day life build up, and

pulls us in all different directions, or pulls against

our sense of well being. We try to do to much work

with too little time, or too few resources stretches us

us beyond our capacity. Trying to live in today's

society with its many demands may put excessive

pressures on us. Trying to cope with financial

demands of life without adequate income is a

stretching experience. We seem to have more

difficulties in our relationships, between husbands

and wife's, parents and children, employer and

employees, too name a few. But I have good

new for us, we are going to see in God's word

that he can bring peace in the mist of stress.

We can all agree here, that Peter was under a

lot of stress, here is a man that was a disciples

of Jesus, earlier this same Peter had told Jesus

"Lord" I am ready to go with you to prison even

to death. But you see under stress, Peter became

afraid, and did what Jesus told him, that he

would denied him three times before the rooster

crowed. When you read all the scriptures here

we find that when he heard the rooster crow

he left the courtyard and cried bitterly.

Often stress is of our own doing. When we sin,

we bring the consequences of stress and the

Pain it may cause on ourselves.

The Israelites didn't really want to go back

to Egypt, for after all they had been slaves

there. Like us when we are stressed, we forget

to trust God to bring us though, instead we

want a quick escape, and in most cases we

complain to each other about our problems.

We see here, that the word tell us that God

never promised us a rose garden, on the contrary

he told us that we would have trials and troubles,

but he promises us that if we will call on his name,

he will be there to lift our stress and

burdens from our shoulders. This is the

only way we can deal with the pressure and

stresses of every day life.

Our true character is exposed when we are under

stress. When stress comes our way, we can allow it

to be a learning experience, and build our trust

in God, or fall to pieces and fall into Satan's trap.

It is our choice, we must remember God is more

concerned with our reactions than our actions. In

times of stress, our reactions let us know where

Father God thank you for being there when we need

you. Thank you that even though we don't always

react as we should, you are always there. Help

us to remember that you didn't promise us a

rose garden, but you did promise not to give

us more than we can barer.

Amen and Amen