Jeremiah 12:5 – How Do You Handle Adversity

Daily Devotional Bible Verse

“If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan? (Jeremiah 12:5 ESV)

How do you handle adversity and great odds against you? Do you cower in a corner and hope it goes away? Do you operate in fear and worry, become fretful and overwhelmed? Do you break down and blame others making excuses?

Jeremiah was dealing with adversity in his life. In short, what Jeremiah endured at the hands of the evil priests who were plotting his death because he remained faithful to the Lord was nothing compared to the persecution to come. If he couldn’t handle persecution in peace time, he was going to fall when the real adversity came.

How are you responding to adversity and persecution now, because the real persecution will come to the believer.

Life is a set of mountains and valleys with a series of storms. You are either going into a storm, in the midst of it, or coming out of a storm, and there are various glimpses of blue sky in between. How are you responding? Do you really trust the Lord to see you through?

Today, get on your knees and cast out all doubt and unbelief! Get rid of fear and anxiety. You need to prepare your heart now for that flood of adversity.

Father, we are more than conquerors, so give us Your might and strength to overcome the flood when it comes, in Jesus’ mighty name! CK