I watched the newscast in amazement. The man was stranded on the ledge of a virtually destroyed building, high above the ground. I missed the early part of the newscast, but it looked like an explosion of some kind had hit the building. His rescuer was close by, urging him to just reach out and take his hand.

The man clung to the wall and ignored the pleas of his rescuer. All he needed to do was move his hands a few inches in the direction of the other man and he would be safe. In his terror the stranded man couldn't or wouldn't comply. The ledge collapsed and he fell several stories to his death. His rescue were there for the taking, but he chose not to take it.

We're often like the trapped man. We're trapped by bitterness, anger, resentfulness, un forgiveness and habitual sin. We blame everyone around us for the things that are going wrong, even God.

Yet He stands there with His hands out waiting to rescue us. All we have to do is give it over to Him and be set free. We don't though; we hang on refusing to let our rescuer help us.

Even once we've accepted His gift of forgiveness and reconciliation, we hold onto the wall. We know we're safely in His hands but we fight against Him. We know what He tells us to do and we ignore it. We walk away from His rescuing hand once He's had a grasp on us and allow old patterns to sink back in. We seem to have a desperate need to not be rescued, to prove we're in control, even if it means falling over the ledge.

There is freedom and deliverance available to us in God but we must choose to accept it. He won't force Himself on us.

You're safely in His hands once you've accepted Him, will you trust Him to rescue you?

Until next time let Him free you from all that oppresses you.

Be blessed.

Hallelu Yah (Praise God)!

Kevin

There is someone out there who will always be at your side, who will never leave you, never abandon you and who has no agenda but to love you. Will you let Him into your life?

Jesus is returning and we will all face judgment. Until that time, He offers Hid gift of forgiveness and reconciliation to EVERYONE who will accept it. Will you?

If you haven't made the decision to accept Christ as Lord