What do we say when we hit rock bottom?

In a world where we are free to choose, we are certainly going to run into the issues that arise from bad choices.  

And so what do we do?

Who do we run to?

Job certainly had some wisdom.  In the midst of horrendous circumstances, he knew what to say:

Job 1 20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship 21 and said:

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,

and naked I will depart.

The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away;

may the name of the LORD be praised.”

But even Job found trouble finding good reason not to question God.  And he did.  And God answered Job in the clearest of terms:

Job 38  1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He said:

2 “Who is this that darkens my counsel

with words without knowledge?

3 Brace yourself like a man; I will question you,

and you shall answer me.

4 “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?  Tell me, if you understand.

5 Who marked off its dimensions?  Surely you know!  Who stretched a measuring line across it?

I have no intention to be an expert on Job, or any scripture for that matter.  I just want to make reference to our need to question God and what His response might be.

In a moment of sadness, I wrote the words:

“Why don’t you come down here and feel what it feels like to live in this world?”

And as I pondered my question, His answer was clear: He Did.  He Did come down to feel what it feels like.  He did come live in this world to experience the pains and frustrations and pain that we might face.  He did come down to face off with SATAN, and SIN, and DEATH.  And He markedly defeated ALL THREE in the face of disloyalty and discrimination and pain.

And so I ask you … who will you run to?

As I listened to this beautiful song by:  7eventh Time Down I thought of all the things that you and I face.  Life is not always easy.  Sometimes it feels like we are in a battle with Hope, a battle with Faith, a battle with Love.

I want to encourage you today, to seek WHO God is and NOT WHAT God is.

If we seek WHAT HE IS, we might not find ourselves in a place where we can leave our low situation.

But if we were to seek WHO HE IS, we just might get to see the beauty of WHO HE REALLY IS.

HE … is the One who stood in YOUR place and stood trial for sin.

HE … is the One who was taken to the desert and harrassed by the devil that He might defeat him for YOU.

HE … is the One who died that you might have victory over death.

And HE … is the One who told Paul:  “Why are you persecuting me?”

When Paul changed His mindset to WHO He would run to instead of WHAT He would run to, His life changed.  And it changed radically.

Because WHO He is … is so much more that WHAT He is.

When David cried out to God, it was an invitation:

Psalm 139 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 See if there is any offensive way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting.

I have often wondered if God does not come know us unless we invite Him.  Revelation 3 says that He stands at the door and knocks and only comes in if we invite Him.

So today … Invite Him.  Invite Him to know you, to search you, to find offensive ways in you.  To lead you in the way everlasting.

And as you do, you are setting the stage for WHO you will run to.

I’ll race you there.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J