I truly believe that God allows us to at times hit rock bottom or our "lowest low" because only there... only in this most desperate of places will we totally... I mean 110% depend on Him. Again, I should know because it took that for me. God had to bring me to the place to where I had no choice but to see Him for all that He is so that I would begin to become all that He has for me to be. Oh, and BTW... I am still very much a work in progress.
Some children will touch the hot stove, burn their finger, and never reach for the stove again. Others, will touch the stove, burn their finger, but will have to touch it again as if to see if the stove was really hot?! Of course it's hot! But for some reason they didn't get the message the first time... or maybe the second... third... or nineteenth??!
Sometimes... some of us have to have our hand held to the burner for what can be a painful period before we learn to never touch the hot stove again.
God loves you. God loves you! He loves you so much that He allowed His One and only Son Jesus Christ to face the ultimate lowest low and be spat on, mocked, cursed, hung naked for thousands to see, beaten, and ultimately crucified to death on the cross so that you and I would never have to face the ultimate lowest low which is death and eternal separation from God because of our sin, our rebellion. No matter how low we get... no matter how wild the storm... no matter how fierce the battle... no matter what comes against us, nothing, no NOTHING can ever separate us from the love of God. Love the will sometimes brings us to our lowest low just so that we see Christ for all that He is...
Two passages of scripture come to my mind...
Romans 8:35-39 (NLT) - Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”) 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Hebrews 12:7-11 (NLT) - As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father? 8 If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all. 9 Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?
Writing as He inspires,
PCW
Hebrews 12:7-11 (NLT) - As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father? 8 If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all. 9 Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?
10 For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness. 11 No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.
Writing as He inspires,
PCW
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