Conquering Difficulties

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“Moses was a true servant of God, called to and fitted for His great work. But Moses had times of great anxiety. Then he made his appeal to God, recalled God’s gracious words, and as we read the record we see how faithfully God fulfilled His promises to him. So God’s children, passing through a fallen world, and with remaining evil within—against which there must be watchfulness and war—have times of fear, of deep anxiety; and there is one way, and but one, of getting out of them: ‘Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me’” (Ps. 50:15).

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