The Unthinkable

Now as they sat and ate, Jesus said, " Assuredly, I say to you, one of you who eats with Me will betray Me".

   - Mark 14: 18

                    Surely I would never betray the Lord! Each disciple earnestly pled his loyalty to Christ. As they reclined together in the comfort and security of the upper room, in the presence of their Lord, the disciples could not imagine themselves ever wavering in their loyalty to Christ. Yet Jesus looked at them and said, "One of you who eats with Me will betray Me!". How was it possible to share such an intimate and profound moment with the Savior and then rush quickly toward betrayal and spiritual failure?

            During the intense pressures of Gethsemane and the cross, the disciples did things they never thought they would do. They had no idea how cruel and hateful the world around them would be to their Lord. Jesus had cautioned them that the would would hate them because it hated Him. ( John 15:18-21; 16:33). 

       But only Jesus knew the full extent of the temptation they would face. In the pressure of the moment the heart does surprising things. Scripture had predicted Judas would betray Jesus, despite having walked with Him for over three years. But Peter, too, would deny Him, and all would forsake Him.

     

    How quickly the surroundings of our lives can shift from the security and tranquility of an upper room to the harsh reality of Gethsemane and the cross. Guard your heart. Listen now to the Lord's gentle warning: the failure that was possible with His first disciples is also possible with you. You, too, are  capable of forsaking Jesus, just as the first disciples did. If Jesus is warning you  of an area in your life in which you could fail Him, heed His Words today!

  Today, let us take some time out just to re-evaluate our walk with God. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal those gray areas of your life that does not reflect His glory.
 Repent and turn to the Lord.

                     Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

                     Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up.

 ( James 4: 7-10).

                     

Breaking the glass ceiling.

In life we fail, sometimes once, sometimes twice, sometimes thrice and sometimes every time. So we decide to quit, because we did our best but it was not good enough. Sometimes too we succeed and then out of nowhere we make a little mistake and it makes us feel like we have failed totally.

Oftentimes people look at our size, our height, our color, our country, our past and tell us we cannot achieve anything great.

Sometimes we believe them, other times we think they are right. So we quit and give up and we hide ourselves from the world and from the people who look up to us.

We hide our dreams, we hide our passion, we hide our talent, we hide our skill, we hide our ideas. We coil and retire to being quiet and to stay out of trouble.

But everyday we look at ourselves in the mirror and we hear the still small voice telling us, never give up and don't quit but we ignore it.

We begin to resort to all avenues and mediums to help us feel okay.

Sometimes we begin to calm ourselves with alcohol, substance abuse, drugs, sex and many more because we know we are hurting deep inside and we just don't believe there is anything good still left in us. But today I want to change your mindset of failure and giving up.

When we fail it means

F - First

A - Attempt

I - In

L- Life

And like everyone when we were learning to walk as children we fell many times but we kept trying until we could walk.

After we could walk now we can run, but before we had to fall to learn not to fall.

So in life, we fail to learn how not to fail. We don't quit to learn how to succeed.

Steve Jobs was fired from Apple a company he helped build because he failed at some point. But He went away to learn not to fall anymore because he who has fallen fears no fall.

When he came back to Apple, those who had not failed could not match him anymore because he has learnt from his mistake.

Today I want to tell you too not to quit or give up because you have failed in the past. 

I love you and I want you to promise me that you too won't give up. "Because when you Keep trying, you will come out flying."

Please, spare a little time today and  meditate on these uplifting scriptures.

* 2 Chronicles 15:7

*Isaiah 41:10

*Jeremiah 29:11

*Galatians 6:9

*Joshua 1:9

*Mark 10:27

Be blessed.

Christina.