It’s been a while since I’ve updated this bad boy. My apologies. So, I’ll cut to the chase and say what I need to say…in the words of John Mayer.
It’s crazy how you go through seasons of spiritual highs and spiritual lows. You know what I mean. It’s crazy to live life one day close to the heart of God and the next day be living life feeling completely dry.
I’ve been at the latter of the two for the past couple of weeks. Sometimes, it just feels like God is a million miles away…and to be honest I think that’s how God plans for it to be. I’ve learned that through that dryness, desperation sets in. Desperation that leaves you in a place where you seek Christ for redemption. See, I’ve experienced God working in my life in some incredible ways. It’s true, I’ve been there and done that. I’ve tasted and seen what the Lord can do when your eyes are fixed on Him in an active pursuit of Christ. And it’s real. I’ve also lived life in that place of brokenness and emptiness…and I’ve found that brokenness and emptiness are the sum of a life lived in sin that ultimately separates you from that abundant life.
Reading through the Scriptures, especially in the New Testament, you see Jesus doing his thing. Healing the sick, raising the dead…you know, that sort of thing. You see Jesus redeem. You see Jesus give people significance. You see Jesus give meaning to the meaningless, and life to the lifeless. It’s just who he is. It’s what He is about. He’s about ultimate redemption.
Here’s the encouragement that I’ve found:
Hebrews 13:8 says that, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”
There is the hope. The same Jesus that healed people 2000 years ago still heals today. The same redemption that was given through Christ back then is available for us even now. That blows my mind.
So that’s where I am right now. Christ is redeeming me. And Christ can redeem you too. Be encouraged today.
