‘Walk Again’
joshua scott zeitz

Years ago I had a Pastor recount what it feels like sometimes to follow the Lord…

He said it felt at times like being ripped through a keyhole backwards!

Imagine that!!

Now I know what you may be thinking,

I thought Jesus was the Prince of Peace?!

I thought He came to bring us life and it more abundantly?!

And you would be correct!

Jesus encourages us to run to Him, to lay our cares at His feet, He said come unto me all you that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest!

However, if we are to be completely honest with ourselves - how many times have we shirked that invitation?

Gone off and done things on our own? 

Gotten ourselves into a heap of trouble before finally coming to our senses, heads held low, crawling back to God, pleading with the Lord to help us out of the same mess once again?!

We have all done it! We’ve all been there!

The truth is sometimes, it hurts to follow the Lord - it hurts our flesh, our feelings, our pride!

We want to do things a certain way and He asks us to do things differently!

We settle into a routine or habit, and He asks us to break that habit!!

We get comfortable, and He nudges us out of those comfort zones!

Its in these times when our Christianity feels anything but flowery and blissful, but always remember that Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever!

He doesn’t need to change, nor does He!

He is always for us!! no matter what change He is trying to bring about in our lives, its always with the best intentions - to bring about peace, hope, and life!!

He sees the end from the beginning!

BUT!!

what about the times when we are walking with the Lord closely and yes although there are some things that we could certainly tweak (we are always growing and learning) it just feels like life isn’t fair, like everyone else is succeeding but we are stuck in the same spot?!

It’s like someone has pulled the rug out from under you? 

there you were one minute walking, talking, feeling good, enjoying life, and then BAM the rug is snatched from under you! 

Suddenly you are on the ground and everyone is standing over you, looking down on you. They are not helping you up, but rather telling you why you are down there…

Dare I say, some of them want to see you stay down there! 

Whether real or perceived it feels like the whole world is against you!

You ever been there?

I have!! and let’s be honest, it hurts! 

Before long it gets harder and harder to get up, to want to get up, and eventually you find it easier to just stay down…

Listen, life isn’t always fair.

But can I give you some good news today?! 

Jesus is!!

Sometimes people want to do us harm, they want to see us fail, they want to do us dirty!

Maybe they are doing it on purpose or maybe not…

the enemy is always trying to do us wrong, his sole purpose is to steal, kill, and destroy!

Again I want to encourage you with good news!

We are not ignorant of his devices! The Bible says no weapon formed against us shall prosper!!

If God be for us, who can be against us!!

If you are in a season of having the rug pulled out from under you right now, please be encouraged, you are not alone and there is One who wants to see you get back up, to succeed, to do exceeding abundantly above all you could ask or think according to the power in you!!

I want to end with this today: you may be down, but you are not out!

You may be in the midst of a messy chapter right now, but the book isn’t over!

The rug may have been pulled, but you are not a victim, but rathe

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