MONDAY October 4, 2021

Where Can I Go?

Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.
Psalm 139:7-10

Christ’s disciples know they are engaged in a spiritual warfare. Satan is always trying to depress and oppress them. He wants to move believers in Christ away from their position of faith to unbelief. His desire is to defeat them so they remain discouraged in unbelief. They are driven to believe his lies, thinking to themselves, It was better for me when I was a heathen in the world! That is a lie from the pit of hell––period. Do not listen to the enemy’s falsehoods.

Be completely honest with yourself. Where can you go in this world apart from Jesus Christ? Can you say with the Psalmist: Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? After Jesus taught in the synagogue, many of Christ’s disciples, not understanding His words, decided to turn back and no longer follow Him (John 6:53-66). Then Jesus said to His Twelve Disciples: “Do you also want to go away?” Peter came to this important conclusion:

“Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (John 6:68-69).

Peter spoke truth. There is nothing worth returning to in this world. You will find nothing but emptiness––no satisfaction. In this world each of us will have tribulations. Why? God wants to build character in your life. Then He will be able to entrust to you the things of eternity––all because He loves you. The reality is that we are in a great spiritual warfare, and, as Christians, we are just pilgrims passing through this life.

“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
~John 16:33~

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