Day 46: Highs and Lows

Reading: Psalm 22:1-11

Trust in Him in the lows.
This Psalm has quite a familiar foreshadowing to Jesus' death on the cross. We cry out when we feel the lowest of lows, like Jesus did before He died on the cross. But out of these lows come incredible highs and victories. We saw the power poured out as a result of Jesus' suffering for us, and we can trust in Him to use our sufferings to create beautiful things in our lives as well. Even Jesus felt abandoned by God. At times, we will too. But we see the great example of how God works in our lows. We just need to trust in Him and His timing.


Reading: Mark 1:1-28

Trust in Him in the highs.
Mark is good a placing such excitement and spunk to the gospel, as he races from story to story. We see the wonderful ministry of Jesus arise as He calls on His disciples and makes His purpose known. We see His ministry in full swing as He heals and casts out demons. Many people who are witnessing are excited. The disciples who are called on had to trust. Though they could see how powerful this Jesus was, they still needed to trust in Him enough to follow and endorse Him. Sometimes we experience spiritual highs and simply are complacent in them. We sometimes fail to look at the growth from the good times, as well as trust in God and remember Him through times that we seem to not need Him at the moment. When we find ourselves in the rays of sunshiny highs, we need to remember those moments and take growth and give thanks for them.


Reading: Exodus 17:1-18:27

Act in the highs and lows.
When Moses needs to deal with the complaints of the people, he cries out in prayer. Obviously these complaints are frustrating to him, but he does the right thing and prays about it. When we face lows, pray. Moses also learns to delegate some of the responsibilities put on him. He can humble himself and let good leaders lead for him. Any good leader can appoint other good leaders to help manage. This is definitely a huge lesson for me personally.
When Moses is able to hold up his staff and help Joshua win the battle, God tells him to document this win. We are to remember the good things and be thankful for them. That way when another low comes around, you can remember what God has done in your life before.
Whenever we face a high or low, we are to act on them. Pray about the, grow from them, remember the victories that come with them. We see the Israelites encounter many highs and lows throughout their journey.


Highs and lows will come. We shouldn't turn our backs on God in any of these situations, but remember His past victories and trust in Him through them.