WHEN WILL WE LEARN

“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”

John 15:4, 5

King James Version

Rev. Charles Albert Tindley wrote one of my favorite hymns “Leave it There”.  If we would do what the words in this hymn tell us to do, we would be a lot happier.  “Leave it there, leave it there, Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there; If you trust and never doubt, he will surely bring you out. Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.”

I have been very discouraged and heartbroken over something that happened several days ago.  Instead of crying out to Jesus and letting Him take the pain and heartache away, I allowed satan to try and stop me from serving Jesus.  However, it didn’t work and it will never work.  We read in the Bible.  “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4).

When will we learn to give our burdens to the Lord instead of trying to put on a cheerful face?  Jesus said “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).

Jesus wants us to be happy instead of being discouraged.  The next time satan attacks you, cry out to Jesus and He will help you.  Jesus will pick you up in His loving arms and carry you through all the dark valleys in your life and set you once again on the mountain top of happiness.  What a Saviour!  What a Friend, this Jesus of Nazareth!

Joanne Lowe

October 13, 2019