Mar 15, 2022
Sometimes on this journey of following Jesus, we get stuck in
cycles of hurt, habits and hang ups. It can happen as we
battle our habitual sin which feels like we can never break free
from. It happens when we have a close family member who just
continues to make bad decision after bad decision and it hurts us
every time. It happens when we simply feel like a failure in
the eyes of our Heavenly Father. It's as if our life seems
like it's stuck in a deep pit of despair.
If you've ever been in that pit, or maybe if you find yourself in
that pit right now, you know how debilitating it can be to your
discipleship journey. There is a sense of resignation, that
life will always be this way...that things will never change.
When
you're stuck in a pit, the one thing that can help get you through
another day is hope---hope that things will finally change.
Hope that someone is going to reach down and pull you up out of the
pit!
Human beings can live for forty days without food, four days
without water, and four minutes without air. But humans
cannot live for four seconds without hope. It is quite
amazing what people are able to endure when they have just a little
bit of hope.
Psalm
130 is all about hope, written to a people who found themselves in
a pit of despair. If you need a dose of hope and want to
learn more, make sure and listen to this sermon as we continue with
part 11 of Long Obedience in the Same
Direction.