"Though He Fall"

It's so easy to wallow in feelings of hurt and rejections. It's easy to look at your life in seasons of pain. To think about all the times you've been hurt and let down. Left out to dry. Lonely. Betrayed. Abandoned. When you least expected it. It's easy to keep our heads down, tormented by our past and what's been done to us. To keep our eyes locked on the hurt and keep our hearts locked away to never get hurt again.

It's easy to let pain become reality. To let it fester and mingle in our everyday lives as it calls out the lies that we aren't good enough and we'll never measure up. The lies that we aren't lovely or lovable.

It's easy to get stuck here. To let these lies strip you of every bit of self-worth and pride. And that's just what the devil wants. He wanted us to lose sight of the truth about us. He wants us to live in the reality that we aren't loved or worthy.

But you see, this is far from the truth and we should waste no more of our time believing these lies. Because our time is precious!

Psalm 39:4 says, 

"O LORD, make me know my end 

and what is the measure of my days;

let me know how fleeting I am!"

You see, I lived in the reality of my hurt for far too long. This reality was wrought with fears and anxieties that kept me from gazing on they eyes of my Savior. They left me lonely on nights when all I had to do was sit and allow His truths to comfort me. 

It's easy to see the hurt in the world around us. But as Children of God, we have so many promises to take hold of. Promises of hope. Promises of eternity. Promises that we will not fail. The battle is won. He WILL uphold us. It's time we start living in light of these truths. 

The Bible says we WILL fall. "Though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand," (Psalm 37:24). Therefore, we shouldn't be surprised when we face hurt. When we fall and things get hard. But we shall not allow these seasons to dictate how we live. Why? Because of the promise that follows. "The Lord upholds his hand." The Lord upholds your hand. That is not a maybe. It's a promise. A promise for today. A promise for tomorrow. A promise for those who trust in the Lord.

My prayer is that we can live in light of these promises rather that the pain of the past. Because we have so much to live for and so much to look forward to.