The Lord Was My Stay
The Lord was my support.
2 Samuel 22:19 (NIV)
David recalls disaster days: they attacked me in calamity days — but the Lord was my stay. Attacks on worst days, rescues in worst hours: calamities attract enemies, revealing Stays. David knew both — attack pains, Stay faithfulness. Testimonies birth in calamities, never comforts.
Divine purposes use calamities as showcases. God permits attacks on bad days exhibiting stays on worse hours: every deliverance turns sermons, rescues turn psalms. Eternal purposes stitch with overcome-calamity threads. Stayed people stay others; rescued people rescue.
Invoking Stays in calamities today: calling, waiting, witnessing. The Lord was my stay: He will be today too.
Past stays guarantee futures. Remembering today, trusting. Remembered mercies fuel present courage daily. Recall today ancient rescues vividly. Past deliverances predict future rescues. Testify boldly to tremblers. Tremblers steadied become testifiers. Share stories widely. Share stories widely and often. Witness weekly. Never stay silent. Remembered rescues strengthen present faiths. Recount ancient deliverances aloud today. Memory of stays breeds new courage. Witness the Stay to tremblers. Yesterday stayed sustain today's frightened. Extend today hands that held you.
And staying others: stayed people become stays in grace currents. Stay others today faithfully always.