A Very Present Help in Trouble

[Christsfreeservant]

“God is our refuge and strength,​

A very present help in trouble.​

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change​

And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;​

Though its waters roar and foam,​

Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah.” (Psalm 46:1-3 NASB1995)​

In Revelation 12:10 we read about “the accuser of our brethren,” “he who accuses them before our God day and night.” And this is speaking of Satan. A good example of this is when Satan asked God for permission to inflict the Lord’s servant Job, and God allowed it, but with limitations. And then there was how Satan and his servants went after Jesus continuously, with the full intention to try to find a reason to accuse him of wrong, and while falsely accusing him of character and deeds which were not his to possess.

Well, if we are following Jesus Christ with our lives, Satan is going to be after us, too, especially if we are having an impact on other people’s lives for the sake of the gospel, and for the sake of the salvation of human lives from their slavery to sin. And he will devise all sorts of ways to try to break us and to try to trip us up or to accuse us falsely of what we did not do, or of wrong intentions. And he can whisper these false accusations and his taunts in our minds to try to make us afraid in hopes we will run away and give up.

He may attack us through sleepless nights, or broken sleep patterns to where we do not get continuous and restful sleep, and so our emotions may be weaker, because we are tired. Or we may be subject to catching a virus, because our body is weak. Or he may torment us in our minds, trying to accuse us of all sorts of wrong attitudes and intentions, when our intentions were good, and so were our attitudes. But there is a reason why the Scriptures call him “the accuser of the brethren,” i.e. of Christ’s followers.

And the Bible also teaches us that Satan disguises himself as an angel of light, and his servants disguise themselves as servants of righteousness (2 Corinthians 11:14-15). So, Satan may try to mimic the Holy Spirit’s voice speaking to us in our spirits, but speaking lies, instead of truth. And the lies may not be obvious lies which we can immediately discern, for he may even use the Scriptures and Christian songs to try to make him sound like God is speaking to us, but to try to stir up stress and confusion within our spirits.

Now there are people who profess faith in Jesus Christ who are deliberately and habitually sinning against God and against other humans, without conscience or care as to what damage they might do to others. Even though they know that what they are doing is wrong, and that it is hurting other humans, still they do what is evil, and they do not do what is good in the eyes of God, for they are living under the control of Satan, and not under God’s divine authority, will, and purpose. They sin with full knowledge.

And some of them will deliberately and willfully misinterpret God’s voice, or they will knowingly accuse Satan of trying to convict them of sin, and they will create their own god in their own minds who does not convict them of sin, and who does not call them to repentance. And so they may accuse God’s convicting voice as being of Satan while they willfully yield to the voice of the devil. And thus Satan may use them against the Lord’s servants to try to accuse the Lord’s servants of being of Satan, which was done to Jesus.

So, this is why the Scriptures teach that we must test the spirits to see which ones are of God, for God is not going to be the only voice we hear. We are going to hear the voice of Satan, and of the world, and of the flesh trying to break us down in order to make us afraid, in order to try to discourage us from following the Lord with our lives, and being his servants. And this is where we need to test our own hearts, too, to make certain that we are not buying into the lies, but that we are following the truth of God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

My Sheep

Based off John 10:1-30 NIV
An Original Work / June 24, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

My sheep hear me. They know me.
They listen to my voice and obey.
I call them and lead them.
They know my voice, so they follow me.
They will never follow strangers.
They will run away from them.
The voice of a stranger they know not;
They do not follow him.

So, I tell you the truth that
I am the gate, so you enter in.
Whoever does enter
Will find forgiveness and will be saved.
Nonetheless whoever enters
Not by the gate; other way,
He is the thief and a robber.
Listen not, the sheep to him.

Oh, I am the Good Shepherd,
Who laid his own life down for the sheep.
I know them. They know me.
They will live with me eternally.
The thief only comes to steal and
Kill and to destroy the church.
I have come to give you life that
You may have it to the full…

They know my voice, so they follow me.

A Very Present Help in Trouble
An Original Work / August 10, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love