May 21, 2013
A church member after a Sunday sermon asked the pastor, “Sir, I am
just a little curious as to whether you ever feel down?” “Sure,” the pastor
responded. “So what do you do about it?” asked the member. “I get up again”
replied the pastor, “Being down is not my problem, staying down is. I’m either
up, or I’m getting up, I’ve learned not to park in between.”
The truth is sometimes you will feel down, you will feel like the
entire world is crashing down on you.
Although feeling down is universal, sociologists warn against its two
most common causes: fear and fatigue.
In 2Chronicles 20, when the Edomites army marched against Israel’s
king, fear gripped him and his nation. This goes to tell us that even the rich
sometimes cry. However, whenever we are scared of something, we should do what
the King did. He turned to God and prayed: “If, when evil cometh upon us, as
the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and
in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our
affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.) – 2Chron20:9
Don’t allow fear to cause you to abandon your hope and your vision,
instead stand in God’s presence, talk to Him and watch Him rescue you.
Throughout the Old Testament, we read God reminding the Israelites of the track
record of His goodness towards them. He wanted then to remember and be
encouraged, but most times, fear would cloud their memory and they would begin
to doubt.
So God told them in verse 15, “Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of
this great multitude; for the battle is
not yours, but God's.” In order words, you don’t have to worry about defeating
the enemy, that’s My job. He is saying that I am in charge so trust me to work
it out.
Anytime you have a feeling of being down, just remember that He is
charge and as such you are not permitted to feel down.
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