JAMES 4:10 *NIV

HUMBLE YOURSELVES BEFORE THE LORD, AND HE WILL LIFT YOU UP. ( JAMES 4:10 *NIV ) Sometimes we all become depressed because of things that happen in our lives. For sometimes we feel: WE ARE HARD PRESSED ON EVERY SIDE, BUT NOT CRUSHED; PERPLEXED, BUT NOT ABANDONED; STRUCK DOWN, BUT NOT DESTROYED. ( 2 CORINTHIANS 4:8-10 ) Now when you feel the pressures of life remember the words of king David, for he wrote: THOUGH I WALK IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLE, YOU PRESERVE MY LIFE; YOU STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND AGAINST THE ANGER OF MY FOES, WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND YOU SAVE ME. ( PSALM 138:7 ) THEREFORE WE DO NOT LOSE HEART. FOR OUR LIGHT AND MOMENTARY TROUBLES ARE ACHIEVING FOR US AN ETERNAL GLORY THAT FAR OUTWEIGHS THEM ALL. SO WE FIX OUR EYES NOT ON WHAT IS SEEM, BUT WHAT IS UNSEEN. FOR WHAT IS SEEN IS TEMPORARY, BUT WHAT IS UNSEEN IS ETERNAL. ( 2 CORINTHIANS 4:16-18 ) So, HUMBLE YOURSELF, THEREFORE, UNDER GOD'S MIGHTY HAND, THAT HE MAY LIFT YOU UP IN DUE TIME. CAST ALL YOUR ANXIETY ON HIM BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU! ( 1 PETER 5:6-7 )