Good morning. We are back to the handout sheets. Many are the afflictions (pressures) of the righteous, but the Lord delivers them out of them all. Thank God! I'm sure you're familiar with the joke: it came to pass – thank God it didn't come to stay. I've been reading in the book of Acts. Several times it took pressure for them to do or to go where they were supposed to. The children of Israel also had no desire to leave Egypt before they were enslaved. They could've left at any time. They had the best of the land – who would want to leave? It took the pressure of slavery to get them to have the desire to leave. Too many Christians are that way now. Things are going great – who would want to leave? (even to go to heaven). But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks upon me (is thinking about me right now). You are my help and my deliverer. Make no tarrying, oh my God. We are on His mind continually. Of course we want help yesterday. But God is never late. He has great plans for us. It may not look like it right now in the midst of a crisis, but everything will work out according to His plan. Then one day we can look back and say "oh that's what He was up to". Pile your troubles on God's shoulders. He will carry your load. He will never let good people topple into ruin. His shoulders are big. He can handle it. As the Andre Crouch song goes "if I'd never had a problem I wouldn't know that God could solve them". He can and He will! Father thank You for watching over the reader; for carrying his/her load. Give him/her wisdom and insight how to solve all of his/her problems. Reveal to him/her when they are coming and what they are so that he/she can be ready for them.

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