My grace is sufficient for you; for my power is made perfect in weakness, so that Christ's power may rest on me
In 2012, the United States saw its highest rate of suicide in 15 years! It has been recorded that every 13.7 minutes, someone in the US dies by suicide. According to the National Institute of Mental health, between 20%-25% of adults may suffer from depression at some point in their lives. The enemy has mis-lead many to believe that there is no hope or opportunity for a better life... happy life...or abundant life! He has deceived even, the Saints of God, into believing that there is no joy in their future; only disappointment! It is possible and likely, that he has even lied to someone on this very line, telling you that God has forsaken you, or that your recent divorce or separation was your fault. Your weren't fun enough or you weren't pretty enough! Or that your job will never get better, and that the sickness in your body is bigger than the God that you serve! Have you heard him? Telling you that God's purpose for you, will never find you? that grace and mercy doesn't apply to you, so you walk around riddled with guilt and shame from your past! and that those strongholds of yours will never let you go? If we are not careful, we can find ourselves, at the end of our ropes!
There have been times in my life, that I was at the end of my rope! Bad choices, wrong decisions, painful memories, and huge regrets have all threatened my sense of self worth, and have even attempted to derail God's purpose for my life, time and time again! But God! There is a song that many of you may know that speaks the sentiments of many on this line. The writer penned:
"I almost let go; I felt like I just couldn't take life, anymore! My problems had me bound; depression weighed me down, but God held me close; so I wouldn't let go...my Jesus kept me, so I wouldn't let go........the singer goes on to say....
"I almost gave up, I was right at the edge of a breakthrough, but couldn't see it; the devil really had me, but Jesus came and grabbed me, and He held me close, so I wouldn't let go, my Jesus kept me, so I wouldn't let go!
Let me tell yaw'll something! Don't let go of that rope! See, I didn't let go of my rope because Jesus let me know that He was at the end of that rope, ready to grab me! He told me to tell you to hang on to your rope, because there's peace at the end of your rope; grace and mercy is waiting at the end of your rope; I found forgiveness at the end of the rope....and I found self worth, at the end of my rope! God is saying, that "your rope represents everything that you have done in your OWN strength, and so if you can just make it to the end of your rope! that is where you will find me!
