Thursday, May 27, 2010

What Will it Take?

What will it take, my friend, to bring you humbly to the Lord? It Took a nervous breakdown to bring Nebuchadnezzar to God; it took a funeral to bring Isaiah to the Lord; it took a great storm and a big fish to bring Jonah back to God, and it took poverty and despair to bring the Prodigal back to the Father. What will it take for you? What took you away from the Lord in the first place? It took an earthquake to bring a jailer to God, and it took the death of a son to bring repentance to David’s heart, what will it take for you? What does it tale for me? We all have strayed; we all have fallen away; every one of us have chased shadows and come up empty. What else has to happen before we get right with our God? It begins with a look; that leads to a further thought; it grows into a desire, and is soon fulfilled in the taking or doing. It is so subtle, this thing called sin; it creeps in slowly, but is devastating when it gets to full force; it always brings disaster in the end. As devastating as it is, it takes devastating matters to overcome it; it takes a broken heart--or a crying spirit to rectify the damage that is done by sin, sometimes it takes the death of a friend or loved one to wake us up.
What will it take for you? It took depravity for me; it took vile affections, thoughts of suicide, and a reaching the “bottom of the barrel” for me. I hope it doesn’t take the same path for you.

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