Last Friday morning as we encountered the last of the tropical storm things were eerie. Usually there are people walking up and down the road, but that morning the roads were empty.

Also because power was out, things were VERY QUIET.

The only sound you could hear was a car going down the road selling bread!

But then the storm passed

By around 9:00 the worst of the storm had ended, and by 9:30 people started coming out of their houses. When the power came back on at 11:30 we had a somewhat clear sky overhead.

Friday was another reminder of an important truth.

Storms will come

but they will also pass!

Storms of life come much like the tropical storm with a strong attack. For a while the only thing we can do is stay inside (seek the Lord)! But the Lord promises that storm will not last forever..

1. Eventually the power will come back on
2. Eventually the rain will end
3. And eventually the sun will come out
   

This is important to remember because Satan doesn’t want us to remember it. He wants us to focus only on the suffering and pain of the moment in that storm. He doesn’t want us to remember the past deliverance of God, or the future deliverance that is promised.

Satan only wants us to focus on the pain of that moment

Which is why we must take our spiritual eyes off of the present, and focus on the past as well as the future.

David in Psalm 77 is enduring a storm that brings discouragement. His response to that storm is very important.

“I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.”(Psalm 77:6–10 KJV)

Notice David’s response

1. He calmed his heart (his emotions) and mind
2. He began to think about the works of God
3. He remembered the past victories God had given
4. He meditated on the character of God with questions that were answered with an obvious no
5. He submitted to his suffering, by focusing on the goodness of God
   

It is hard sometimes when the rain is pouring down and the wind howls outside that the storm will pass. So we take our eyes off of the storm, and put it on the God who will never forsake us.