Because only in the mess, will I be able to truly see the Lord’s hand at work.
Actually, please don’t leave me in the mess, because it’s the last place I want to be in!
I don’t know about you, but I often find myself in circumstances and messes where this dilemma exists.
I love seeing how God works in my life. I really really really love it.
At the same time, I thoroughly dislike being in those situations.
Then, of course, an average person, preacher, pastor, sermon etc proclaims that if I didn’t sin, I wouldn’t be stuck in bad situations. While this may be true… I’m pretty sure Jesus found Himself in a few “bad situations” during His 3 years of ministry and He for sure did not sin!
So… May I just conclude, that even if I were entirely sinless (yeah, that’s not gonna happen!), the devil would just come at me with all the more force and all the more temptations and all the more… catch my drift? And eventually he would either win over my poor selfish soul or kill me in the process, so to speak. Either would work for him because seriously; the devil would truly slay your newborn baby if he could! The guy has no clue how to spell “mercy”, let alone show it.
Sure… God always provides a way out: Yes indeed the Lord does!
But that will inevitably mean you have to get stuck in messes sometimes…!?! So while we do have the power to not sin, we will. The way out of it goes along “the narrow road”, but there are some HUGE gates along that narrow road!
Just saying…
So please don’t leave me in the mess… LORD!
Because only in the darkness can we all truly see the light. Amen.
Wrestling with Faith - Dancing with Jesus 
Jesus just keeps sweeping that mess out of my soul, I still mess up but now it just needs a light sweeping from time to time because Jesus just comes in now, Amen.
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Thank you for reminding your readers that sitting in the mess can be the greatest impetus for growth and building character. I really enjoyed this post.
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Thank you! If this post reminded anyone of anything, then it surely was the Holy Spirit at work, not me. But I did need the reminder myself 😉 Blessings.
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Reblogged this on bibleteacher.org and commented:
Love this. Great post!
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Thank you so very much for the encouragement and reblog! appreciate it. Many Blessings on you.
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Job was practically sinless and look what happened to him! You are sure right about Jesus too. I’ve read we only grow in the hard times. I guess that is true, but it is hard.
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Job… ah… he sure got a ride from the devil!
I do believe that we only grow during hard times. But I gotta say: I sorely wished God thought me grown by now!!!
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Oh I know my friend, you know it probably better than I, this is a tough place to be. But, you’re wisdom is showing well! Loved that last line, ‘only in the darkness can we all truly see the light.’ We’re so fallen that we need the dark sometimes to see him more clearly. I shudder at those words though!! Wherever you are now with God I know you are faithfully holding his lamp up in the darkness to shine for him!
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Thank you friend! Ha ha – thanks… You can quote me on that 😉 ha ha ha.
I too shudder that we are in such a state that we need the darkness to see God. But He shut us out of Eden because of His grace, so we wouldn’t eat of the tree of life. Imagine living forever in this fallen state!?! What a horrible thought.
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Oh my gosh, that would be awful. That’s the thing that gets me on the whole reincarnation belief pagan religions have…why would you want to stay here forever? Why?! Really?! You’re never gonna get what your heart desires, you’ll always be a broken vessel. There’s no way I’d want to do that. Pass!
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He is so faithful to us in the mess. It blows my mind.
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Yes, He is indeed <3!
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