Hebrews 13:5b
"Never will I leave you nor forsake you."
I have this picture:
I'm in the ring, fighting off my sin but I'm letting it whoop me. I'm letting it throw its punches and I feel the brunt of each one.
God is in my corner. I know He's there. He's so good at inspiring me and encouraging me and caring for me. He's got the key to defeating sin and claiming victory. But I don't go to Him. I just let sin hit me over and over again.
Why?
God's so good to me. He's like my Papa when we go golfing. He doesn't critique my every move. He gently offers advice when I request it, He does so to improve my game.
So there God sits in the corner, in my corner, ready and willing to help me. The question remains, will I go to Him? Will I accept His help? Or will I let sin claim victory over me?
The choice is mine...
The choice is yours too.
Isn't this picture all of us? Why do we let sin keep winning? God never leaves us nor forsakes us. He waits in our corner, watching us get hit over and over again He doesn't throw down the towel (literally and figuratively), throws his hands in the air and yells, "That's it! I've had it! I'm out!"
He waits just as the prodigal son's father waited patiently. Why do they wait? I think it's because we will never learn the lesson of our trials if we don't reach out fist. If we are "forced" into returning "home", would we actually learn from our mistakes? It has to be on our own accords. We have to come to the place where we are SO desperate for God that we will finally turn from ourselves and our own devices and turn to God and ask Him to help us.
And you know what will happen when we do that? God's gonna send Jesus to fight for us. Because guess what? He's already defeated sin and death before.
Our secret to victory isn't in our own strength, our own plans.
It's in Jesus.
Will you let him fight for you?
He's waiting.
