Hallelujah Anyhow

Recently, I thought of a song we used to sing in church years ago. It is a very fitting song when we face times of trouble, as we all do at one time or another. It goes like this:

“Hallelujah anyhow
I never let my troubles get me down
Whatever storm clouds of life might bring
I hold my head up high and sing
Hallelujah anyhow”

We need to praise God during times of trouble in our lives. It may seem at times like we have plenty of reasons to be down and distressed. Life throws us a curve ball every now and then. There are also those unfortunate times in life when tragedy strikes. Whatever the trouble may be that tries to sap our strength, we have reason to praise God. The 27th Psalm tells us that when the Lord is the strength of our life we need not fear anything that life can bring. Our foes will stumble and fall. We can have confidence in God’s grace. Do you know Jesus as your savior? If so, you have reason to be optimistic.

The enemies of righteousness will fail. They have no power against us except what we give them. If we sulk and feel sorry for ourselves we feed the negativity that will take over our minds. If we will say “hallelujah anyhow” and praise God in every situation, we will feel strength and encouragement from Heaven. When we look out and see an army of problems forming against us we can know that God raises up His banner on our behalf. We have no reason to be fearful. We are bolstered in God’s love.

Jonah was a prophet of God. He was told to go to the city of Nineveh and preach that they needed to repent of their sins or God would destroy the city. Nineveh was known to be hard on preachers! Jonah didn’t want to go to Nineveh and got on a boat headed in the other direction. Jonah ended up in the water and was swallowed by a great fish that was prepared by God. Can you imagine what was going through Jonah’s mind? He couldn’t have been in a worse circumstance. But Jonah did something that changed his circumstance. He called out to God. Because of that Jonah was expelled on to dry ground. Prayer changes things. Hallelujah anyhow! From a deep dark place Jonah cried to the Lord. When we cry out, God hears our voice. It looked like the end for Jonah, but God is a deliverer. Don’t think that circumstances are bigger than God. People struggle with all kinds of things because they think that their circumstance is bigger than God. In what circumstance do you find yourself today? Is it divorce, alcoholism, or sickness? If you will put your trust in God He can change your situation. Call us today and we will pray with you whatever your need may be.

Psalm 20:7 says:
“Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.”

Don’t put your trust in the things of this world that wither away. God is the rock that will endure forever. Put your trust in Him.