Grasping The Lifeline

A sharing extracted from "When I hear His call"

"For I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from His love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels won't, and all the powers of hell itself cannot keep God's love away. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, or where we are - high above the sky, or in the deepest ocean - nothing will ever be able to separate us from the love of God demonstrated by our Lord Jesus Christ when He died for us."

Romans 8:38-39 (TLB)

Two commercial window washers evaluated the skyscraper office building windowswaiting to be washed. They had started early to have enough time to complete the job. With scaffolding and lifelines in place, the workers followed routine procedures before ascending, including hooking lifelines to their safety belts. After cleaning supplies were loaded, they were on their way up.

But when they reached the top, something gave way. Supplies and framework plummeted toward the streets below. Lifelines snapped taut and brought both men to an abrupt stop in midair. The helplessworkmen swayed precariously in the chilling wind.

Terrified, the men swung from the ropes for hours while rescue crews frantically worked to help them. Fortunately, if they lost their holds on their lifelines for even a spilt second, the reliable safety clamps would still hold them secure. Thanks God, both men were eventually lowered to safety.

Just as how the two men had experienced, we too may face frighthening and stressful challenges as we go out to serve God. We may have done all the right things and carefully clung close to the Lord, but something can still go wrong.

Can bad things happen even when we are obedient to God? I believe so. There is a real spiritual battle going on out there, and Satan is trying to break us any way He can. The devil is no gentleman. In 1 Peter 5:8, it describes how the evil one is like a roaring lion, searching for someone to devour.

No matter how tough things get, God promises He will never allow us to endure more than we can handle. When we become frazzled, brokenhearted, or weary and lose our grip, He is still there, firmly holding onto us.

God loves you and knows how much you love Him. He's there for you in the good times, as well as you go through the storms in your life. He's holding tightly onto you when you soar, and more so when your life is crashing down. When your strength ebbs to nothing, God's powerful, firm grip takes hold. His strength shows up best in our weaknesses. God is strong even when we are weak!

As you prepare to go about doing your routine each day, be sure and above all else, draw close to God and check out His lifeline. Then fear not! Go and serve with His peace, power and presence in your life. This week, God showed me that serving Him is not only restricted to serving in church, but it means to be a servant in our homes so that the love of God can be demonstrated in us to our families. Start being a servant right where you are placed in your home. :)

God says in Hebrews 13:5 that "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." Today let us take a closer look at this verse and discover how much God desires and longs for us to be with Him. Looking at the same verse, now let's read it the reverse way and see what God wants to say to you.

This is how much God loves you when He says "you forsake, I will never; you leave, I will never."