It’s a wonderful day to be a child of God. Have you ever been left for dead? Maybe not physically, but emotionally, spiritually, or mentally. Things in your life appeared out of order. Everything you worked so hard to achieve was starting to fall apart in your life. You are now enduring a lonely season. The friends you once counted on are now few and far between. Have you ever been counted out by people who could not see how you would recover? Through their eyes your situation was impossible. There was no way you could recover. There was no way you could bounce back. Family and friends began to speak negativity. You believed but no one else did. Have you ever found yourself believing God for something everyone else said was crazy and unrealistic? They could not see how or why you would waste God’s time asking for something that no one else has ever had or asked for. Have you ever been there? Are you there now?
This morning, I have been commissioned to come and minister to you. Welcome to real life. If you thought life was full of peaches and cream, welcome to reality. Just because no one believes you can bounce back from the blows of the enemy, does not mean you stop trying to recover. God did not form you in His likeness and in His image so that you could remain down and out. There are times in our lives when life may catch us off guard. Attacks may leave us weary and wounded. But in spite of it all, there is one thing you must always understand. My friend, You May Be Down, But Not Out! The Bible declares in Proverbs 24:16 – For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. Just because the enemy threw several good blows does not mean the fight is over. You can win. You will win. You shall win. God has created you to win. That situation may have taken strength from you, but God is able to restore it back.
My brother, my sister, no matter what it looks like or how it feels, you are able to get back up again. Beloved, You May Be Down, But Not Out! We all have fallen in our lives. We have made mistakes that no one but the Lord may know about. The Bible declares in Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; No man (besides Jesus Christ) can stand and proclaim a life without sin. We are God’s chosen vessels. Yes God knows about your mistakes. Yes God knows about your past mistakes. Yes God is aware of your potentials to fall again. Nevertheless, you are still able to get up again. Child of God, if you have fallen, getting up starts with your willingness to do it. God is standing and waiting to help you. The Bible declares in Revelation 3:20 – Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me. Prayer for Today: Father, I acknowledge my shortcomings. But today I desire to rise up again. In Jesus’ name … Amen!
Scripture Reading for Today: Hebrews 4:7
May God Bless you at Your point of need!
Pastor Darrick D. McGhee, Sr.