Trust

P. B. Power, in his book The 'I Wills' of the Psalms, comments on Psalm 55:16, "As for me I will call upon God, and the Lord shall save me." He explains that the Lord's people would be blessed indeed if they continually exercised the trust expressed in this verse. Power then gives a striking example of trust:

"At the time of a great drought, several pious farmers agreed to hold a special meeting to pray for the much needed rain. When the appointed time came, the minister was surprised to see one of his little Sabbath-scholars bringing a huge old family umbrella, and asked her why she did so on such a lovely morning. The child gazed at him with evident surprise at the enquiry, and replied, 'why, sir, I thought as we were going to pray God for rain, I'd be sure to want the umbrella.' While they were praying, the wind rose, and the clear sky became clouded, which was soon followed by a heavy thunder-storm, by which those who came unprepared to the meeting were drenched, while Mary and the minister were sheltered by the umbrella her faith had led her to bring."

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