Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Lesson of the Day-If It’s Dead and Meant to be Dead, Stop Trying to Revive It!

There are times in our lives when we find ourselves smack dead in the middle of a dead situation!  We are getting nothing from it, nothing out of it, and unable to put anything into it.  It is dead!  There is no possible way that it will be able to produce anything more, give out anything else or be of use to us anymore.  Yet, we are still guilty of investing our precious time into making it come to life again!  But if it is dead, it is dead for a reason and your best option may be to just bury it.

When we choose to stay stuck in a dead situation, we are choosing death over life!  When we choose to stay in a dead situation, we are choosing to be unhappiness over joy!  We are basically saying that we would rather to keep doing what it is that we have been doing even if it kills me when all the signs indicate that it may be time to let it rest.

Are there times when situations may appear to be dead and still have some life in them! Absolutely, but if this is the case there will always be some sort of vital signs that will tell us to keep trying! 

Don’t be so stuck on trying to make that dead situation live again that you fail to see a new opportunity God may be providing for you to yet live again!  Remember, God’s Word states that “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10) An abundant life is one that is plentiful, existing, available and full of large quantities. Don’t deprive yourself of the abundance of what God has in store for you by staying in a situation that will never have life again!

Dear God, as we close out this day, we simply thank you for your grace and your mercy and your love toward us; we thank you that you desire for us to have life and that we might have life more abundantly with you; Lord so many are living in situations and circumstances that are void of life; they are losing their lives in situations that desire to rob, steal and kill the purpose you have for them; we pray that you breathe the breath of life into us and renew our sense of purpose that we might become unstuck and begin living again; Lord I pray for the ones who are afraid to leave that dead situation; show them the blessings you have in store for them and that you are with them every step of the way; surround us with your love and encouragement; watch over us and bless and keep us as only you can Master, in your name we do pray, Amen and Amen!