On today’s episode of the Recovering the Christian Mind podcast we consider what Samuel meant when he told the people of Israel that “until now, the Lord has helped us” (1 Samuel 7:12).

“Until now” is both spatial and chronological. It includes everything that has ever happened to us, wherever it has happened to us – both good and bad.

In what sense can we truly say that the Lord has helped us in our suffering, setbacks, and disappointments?