James 4:10 (NKJV) 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
Life, and the things that happen in it, sure has a way of bringing us to our knees. Sometimes it can cause us to do the opposite and harden up, run away and try to fix things on our own.
Have we ever gotten mad at God for something that He didn’t do for us? Maybe we prayed for a love one, or we prayed for a job. Maybe we even prayed that He would help us to pass a test or get good grades. Maybe we asked Him to save our marriage.
Yet, in all that praying, we still lost that loved one. We still failed that test, or our grades weren’t good enough to get us into that school we were so looking forward to going to. Or in all that praying, our marriage or relationship failed.
It didn’t seem like it changed anything at all. In return, it made us doubt God and turn from Him and never want to trust Him or have anything to do with Him again. We walked away and shut the door on Him for life.
These types of situations have happened to many people. We may never know why it seemed like God did not help us or show up for us when we felt like we needed Him.
The thing we have to remember is that when all was said and done, was He there to help pick up the pieces? Was He there to hold us? Was He there to open another door for us, or help us to get something precious out of what we were going through?
If we walk away from Him, we will never know. We will never see what He will do for us. If we walk away, there will be no opportunity for Him to walk us through the difficult times and allow us to see for ourselves how only He can turn things around.
Today, if we have turned away from God because of some things we have been through, and we feel He wasn’t there for us when we needed Him most, won’t we give Him a chance to show up? Will we stop and humbly come back to Him and tell Him how we feel and then let Him lift us up?
He does not fail us, ever. Give Him a chance.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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