"Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit." (Jeremiah 17:7-8).
A drought can represent many things in our lives - a spiritual drought when God seems far from us or answers to our prayers slow to a trickle; a temporal drought when no matter how hard we try there aren't enough time/resources to get everything done or to make ends meet. God doesn't promise life will be easy if we stay by him, but he does promise that we will survive these hard times and that he, the Living Water, will be the one to nourish us through them, if we but rely on him.
Every time life gets tough and stressful, I remind myself that I've been able to make it through everything so far. More importantly, though, I remind myself that if I trust in God and choose not to give space to my fears and worries, he will give me the peace, assurance, and strength to carry onward.
