the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Bowen's Daily Meditations
"In time of trouble, he shall hide me in his pavilion." - Psalms 27:5.
There is a time of trouble. It comes once and again. Murmur not against it. Say not, let mercy appear in the exemption from trouble. Mercy requires that there should be tribulation. There are some gems in your breastplate that only give forth their lustre when trouble comes nigh to you.
Your heart is agitated at its approach. It comes perhaps in such an unexpected guise. It appears so irresistible; you seem so helpless. You have what has long been thought by you a trusty blade, but it is now shivered in your hand. If there be faith as a grain of mustard seed, let it now manifest itself. Your enemies are now ready to swallow you up. You are in the centre of a plain; they are between you and the mountains. Remember God. Make mention of his promise. Behold! a curtain descends from heaven, and becomes around you a royal tent. Instead of danger you have safety; and trouble is succeeded by surpassing peace. You are in the pavilion of God, and your enemies go round and round; they cannot find you; you are hidden. Faith, submission, long-suffering, humility, these gems sparkled in your breastplate; wherefore now peace, triumph, joy and love light up the pavilion for you.
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