Exodus 16:10 "They looked...and there was the glory of God appearing in the cloud."

We have all heard the old saying that in every cloud, there is a silver lining. The thought is that once you have found it, your focus should be on it, rather than on the dark gray center of the cloud. My thought for you this morning is simply this..Jesus is in the cloud that surrounds your life. He IS the silver lining. I promise you that He is there.
Every one of us, no matter what we may be facing in our lives, has to make a decision..to keep our eyes focus on our situation..to try to figure out how to "fix" things ourselves, to reason things out in our minds, to worry, to control, to manipulate, to have anxiety...I could go on and on..OR.. we can choose to turn our eyes and our hearts to Christ, keeping our focus on Him, having peace, believing that He will carry us, that He will direct us, and that He will bring the answers that we need.
When we look to ourselves for answers, we sometimes fail. Jesus NEVER fails. When we yield ourselves to anything but Him, we can become discouraged. A discouraged soul is really in sort of a helpless state. It becomes more difficult to "stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord". It becomes more difficult to prevail in prayer. Beloved, flee every symptom of the deadly foe of discouragement. Begin to search for specific promises of God, and reminding yourself that His promises are for you. Then, if you experience feelings of doubt or discouragement, pour your heart out to God, knowing that He hears your prayer. The blessed Holy Spirit of God will begin to reawaken your faith and breathe God's divine strength into your soul. You may not even be aware that this is happening, initially, but as you determine to keep your mind, your heart and your eyes fixed on Christ, you will begin to see the those deadly foes, such as despair, and discouragement, begin to shrink back.
If only we could see with our eyes, the mighty armies of strength and power that are always at our fingertips when we begin to call on the Name of Jesus..the Name that is ABOVE every other name..His Name is above the name of despair. His Name is above the name of discouragement. His Name is above the name of despondency. All of the miraculous attributes of God are sitting on the side of even the weakest believer, who..in the Name of Christ, yields himself to God and turns to Him for help and guidance.
Today, may you see the silver lining..(Jesus) in any cloud that may be surrounding your life.