So often we stress over the problems we experience. We struggle to find a path to peace or, for the truly desperate, any form of relief. It’s in the time of shame and pain—when the debts are high, the diagnosis deadly, and the fear crippling—that we are forced into a choice. You are not alone when you find yourself there at the end of your rope. So often the mental anguish of your situation can feel just as perilous and even more scary than a lethal sickness. So often God’s children find themselves between a rock and a hard place, with only a sliver of hope left. Fatigue will make cowards of us all, even the mightiest. Even if it is your choices that have led to this defining moment of tragedy, it is not the end for you. There is only one way to make it through when standing amiss on the precipice of destruction. There is only one path that can lead you home. There is only one, and it’s clinging to Jesus with all you’ve got. With every fiber of your being, through all of the anguish that the present circumstance has brought, reach out and don’t let go of Christ. Touch Him with your death-defying words of faith. Bear your soul before Him, declare Him master, ask for mercy, forgiveness, and help. You haven’t merited it, but it’ll come all the same. Not once did anyone in all of history cry out to God for mercy sincerely and was met with harsh judgement.
God said in Deuteronomy 30:19,
“This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life…” (NIV)
This is still true today. All are faced with the choice of life and death. We are all faced with times and issues that we don’t understand. It’s what we choose, and who we turn to defines who we turn into. It’s during these times we must reach out and choose Christ—even when we are devoid of feelings and feel as if God is a million miles away, we can still choose Him. And by choosing Christ, you are choosing life:
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. –John 14:6 NIV
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. –John 10:10 NIV
You don’t have to know how your situation will all pan out. You don’t have to know what life will look like tomorrow because you have Christ as your ally. You know that regardless of what symptoms of sin, sickness, lack, and pain that your life may hold at the moment, they will all give way to the love of God and the faith of His child who has called upon Him. Don’t give up. And if you need to cry out to Him again and again and again because you keep missing the mark—He’ll answer you every time. I’ve cried out for mercy and help many times. He’s rescued me every time. Sometimes He has pulled me right out of the problem. Other times He has held my hand and walked me through it. Deliverance was always the result. God is no respecter of persons. If He’s done it for me, He’ll do it for you. Believe it!
P.S. The key is: Once He delivers you, don’t let go of Him. The relationship makes life worth living.
We love you, and we hope your holidays were happy and surrounded with those you love,
Jake and Keith
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