Trusting God In Difficult Times: A 7-day Devotional

By Vida Li Sik

Having faith in God during difficult times in life can be very hard, but not impossible. Build your spiritual muscle with this 7-day devotional. Find hope and peace as you rely on God – the only one who can carry you through times of hardship.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Vida Li Sik
• Release date: Sep 28, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393180678

Vida Li Sik

Vida Li Sik is a wife, mother, award-winning journalist and multi-genre author. She grew up in a small town, Nigel, in sunny South Africa. Together with her family, she is actively involved in a youth and family ministry in Johannesburg, the City of Gold. She has no pets and has yet to find a weird and wonderful hobby. In the meantime, she loves to write about people, real ones and imagined.  For updates, contact Vida through her website: https://www.vidalisik.com/ or on social media. She would love to hear from you. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vidalswriter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vidalisik Twitter: https://twitter.com/vidalisik

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Introduction

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And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing? And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, Peace! Be still! And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to his disciples, Why are you so afraid. Do you still have no faith? They were terrified and asked each other, Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him." –Mark 4:37–41

What an incredible situation we have here. Some of the disciples were seasoned fishermen in their previous lives — used to being out on the sea and the rain. Yet here, they were afraid that they were going to drown. Worse, they assessed their predicament — dark, angry skies, powerful wind, lashing rain — then they looked at Jesus who was sleeping, and concluded that certain death awaited them. They’ve spent many hours with Jesus, witnessed miracles and had their own lives transformed through their relationship with him. Yet, they were not convinced that he could take care of their physical needs, in this case, their safety.

While we look at the disciples in amazement, we have to ask ourselves: how much do we trust God with our