Feeling hopeless, depressed and that the situation is
unredeemable. Nothing can fix it and you’re out of options….
- A medical diagnosis
- A personal loss
- A Broken Family relationship
- Job loss/Change
- Buried deep in sinful choices
- Even the state of the politics in our country right now
I have tremendously good news for you! It’s in two small
words that app
ear in God’s word over and over. They appear when something is on
the brink of all loss, the point of no return.
BUT GOD!
The entire crux of the issue of Christ’s salvation offer is
based on our hopelessness, our inability to reach the mark and earn our own
salvation. BUT God so loved the world that He gave His only Son!
If we believe Him for His salvation of our very souls, how
can we not take Him up on the other “But God” moments He offers us in
scripture?
I can testify to some horrendous moments in my life, where
all hope was gone, no human possibility of redemption or restoration was
showing up on the horizon. As a matter of fact, it just kept getting worse. I
had made choices that had removed my options. I had placed myself on the ineligible
shelf, forever to be marred and broken, never again to be of any use for the
Kingdom, much less my family.
Then a glorious moment happened where my depravity met grace
and mercy when a face full of God’s light came crashing in to rescue my sorry
state! I had a tiny, weak prayer that shot up to heaven, asking God to get me
out, acknowledging that I couldn’t do it. This was one of my “BUT GOD” moments.
God does not deal in the absolutes we place on ourselves
here in this world. He operates true to His Word each and every time! There is
not one situation that cannot be used by Him. There is not one thing or a
compilation of things that you can do to make yourself ineligible for His “BUT
GOD” rescuing.
Look at some of the ways He tells us about His “BUT GOD”
moments to encourage us to believe Him!
(emphasis’ are mine)
Ephesians 2:4-5:
But
God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved
us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with
Christ—by grace you have been saved—
Romans 5:7-8:
For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person
one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in
that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Acts 13:29-30:
And when they had carried out all that was written of him, they took him down
from the tree and laid him in a tomb. But God raised him from the dead!
Genesis 50:20:
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to
bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
I Corinthians 3:7:
So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters; but
God that gives the increase.
Psalm 49:15:
But
God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me
to himself.
Psalm 73:26:
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
Psalm 66:19:
but
God has surely listened and has heard my prayer.
From the Old Testament to the New, you can find many stories
that include desperate situations and then something happens. “BUT GOD”
happens. The supernatural power of God meets the ordinary struggles of this
life and suddenly it’s transformed into something so beautiful it’s not
recognizable as the old thing. The Light of heaven has touched the stifling
dark of this earth. All the experiences of this world that mirror Satan’s
involvement get abolished, wiped out and completely transformed!
You cannot have an encounter with God in your dark place
without it leaving a deposit of that Light. It’s so potent and powerful, there’s
nothing on earth that can compare!
The answer to your darkness is to access the Light! Your
physical circumstances may not change, but your heart, mind and actions will
most certainly change. The
level of healing and redeeming that God provides far outweighs medication and anything the medical
community has to offer!
God’s presence in a situation changes the very atmosphere.
It’s palatable.
It’s powerful enough to bring you to your knees in worship.
It’s the only answer, all others are smoke and mirror
replicas that try to imitate God without bringing Him the glory.
I have a song that I love. I heard it in the very beginning
of addiction recovery and it changed how I viewed my restoration. At that
moment in life, I NEEDED a God who ripped open the sky and crashed through the
clouds in a big way and changed my broken-down addicted mind and changed the
atmosphere around me. Boy did He deliver!
Take Him up on the promise to be your Redeemer, Restorer,
Protector and Rescuer!
He’s bigger than your problem and loves you with such a fierce
love that He died for your sins before you were ever born so that one day you
could access His power!
The song is “Strong enough to Save” by Tenth Avenue North. The
lyrics are below and a link to the song also.
You fought
but you were just too weak
so you lost
all the things you try to keep
now you're on your knees, you're on your knees
But wait,
everything can change,
in a moments time you don't have to be afraid,
cause fear is just a lie
open up your eyes
[Chorus:]
And he'll break
open the skies to save
those who cry out his name
the One the wind and waves obey
is strong enough to save you
[Verse 2:]
Look
now is not too late
lift up your head
let the rain fall on your face
you're not far from grace, you're not too far from grace
[Chorus:]
[Bridge:]
I know the weight of this world can take you down like
gravity and I know the current of yourself can take you out, out to sea but
hold on, hold on
[Chorus:]
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