FROM THE KEYBOARD

You may feel abandoned, accused, or on trial, but take heart: God stands with you in the courtroom of life. When others walk away from us, He stays with us. Like Paul, you may face the jaws of the "lying," but God still shuts mouths, strengthens hearts, and advances the Gospel. "But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion" (2 Timothy 4:17).

Waiting on the Lord isn’t weakness, it’s worship. God is never tardy; He’s always timely. He strengthens the heart that waits on Him in faith. Even when answers delay, His presence never does. “Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!” (Psalm 27:14)

Our greatest pursuit shouldn’t be rescue, it should be relationship. David didn’t just want out of trouble, he wanted into God’s presence. He wasn’t asking for a change in circumstance but for a deeper connection. Because peace doesn’t come from the absence of problems, but from the presence of God. “One thing I have desired of the Lord... to dwell in the house of the Lord...” (Psalm 27:4).

The rule of fear is that fear wants to rule. But fear cannot rule when you follow the rule of faith: and the rule of faith is that God rules. When we fix our eyes on who sits on the throne, the chaos around us loses its control over us. Faith doesn’t deny the presence of fear, it just declares the supremacy of God. “The Lord has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all" (Psalm 103:19).

Faith isn’t blind—it’s bold. It doesn’t avoid trouble; it aligns with truth. Because when fear rises, faith doesn’t back down, it looks up. “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?” (Psalm 27:1)

Sometimes the loudest opposition comes not from strangers, but from those who once stood nearby. Paul knew what it felt like to be abandoned, opposed, and falsely accused, but he never stopped standing on truth. When people pull away, God still pulls through. When others work against you, the Word still works in you. “At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them. But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me...” (2 Timothy 4:16–17a).