God is ready
and able to help you, whatever your dilemma
.
You don’t have to be an extreme athlete to know how it feels to
hit a point where it seems you simply can’t press on. Through his Word, by his
Holy Spirit, and through the lives of wonderful examples, God declares with
heavenly wisdom, “You’ll get through this. It won’t be painless. It won’t be
quick. But I will use this mess for good. In the meantime, don’t be foolish or
naive. But don’t despair either.” God doesn’t promise that getting through trials will be quick or
painless. With God’s help, we’ll get through this — together.
Max Lucado
Marathoners call it “hitting the wall.”
Their legs feel like they are made of lead.
Their respiratory systems scream, “Stop!”
Triathletes call it “bonking.”
As they swim, then ride, and finally run, they feel
their bodies begin to shut down. They’ve “bonked.”
You don’t have to be an extreme athlete to know how it
feels to hit a point where it seems you simply can’t press on.
God speaks a radically different message.
Through his Word, by his Holy Spirit, and through the
lives of wonderful examples, God declares with heavenly wisdom, “You’ll get
through this. It won’t be painless. It won’t be quick. But I will use this mess
for good. In the meantime, don’t be foolish or naive. But don’t despair
either.”
Have you hit the wall? Have you bonked?
Do the challenges ahead appear insurmountable?
If so, there is a story you absolutely have to hear.
It is about a young man named Joseph who discovered that God is near even when
it seems there is no way to make it through.
God is ready and able to help you, whatever your
dilemma.
If you don’t believe it, just ask Joseph — you will
find him at the bottom of a pit.
Joseph, in Genesis 50:20
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good
to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the
proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount
up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and
not faint.”
That certainly wasn’t the case for Joseph in the
Bible, who was tossed in a pit by his brothers, sold into slavery, wrongfully
imprisoned, forgotten and dismissed, but God ultimately used the intended evil
against Joseph for a greater purpose.
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In You’ll Get Through This Max reminds us that no matter what pit we find ourselves
in, God has a plan and a pathway forward.
With God’s help, we’ll get through this — together.
Since entering the ministry in
1978, Max Lucado has served churches in Miami, Florida; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
and San Antonio, Texas. He currently serves as Senior Minister of Oak Hills
Church in San Antonio. He is America’s bestselling inspirational author with
more than 130 million books in print. Follow his website at MaxLucado.com
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