In Captivity
A few weeks ago I heard this message at our church. The speaker is Marvin Williams and he was able to eloquently lay this out. I cannot begin to relay the message so please take some time to listen here.
http://trinitywired.com/video/090628-leaving-gath
About the same time I picked up a copy of The Pilgrims Progress. And as so many times before GOD allowed them all to come together in one teaching for my soul.
HE showed me that Gath is in a deep valley. And the City of Light and Freedom is on top of the mountain. I want to be released from Gath but the climb is treacherous and steep. Each step is on rocky ground that can crumble under foot.
It is so easy to stumble and fall back to Gath and be captive again. Other times we can get some momentum going and be making strides away from the wretched city but then we get too confident and loose our footing and begin to slide.
If we cry out and reach up we can grab on to our SAVIOR and hold on to HIM. HE will stop our slide but we still have to continue to climb.
Some HE will decide to just lift up to the Freedom they seek because HE doesn't feel they need to go through the climb. Others need to strengthen their resolve. They have to climb. It is hard and HE knows that but HE designed it that way so that we would be able to withstand the future temptations.
http://trinitywired.com/video/090628-leaving-gath
About the same time I picked up a copy of The Pilgrims Progress. And as so many times before GOD allowed them all to come together in one teaching for my soul.
HE showed me that Gath is in a deep valley. And the City of Light and Freedom is on top of the mountain. I want to be released from Gath but the climb is treacherous and steep. Each step is on rocky ground that can crumble under foot.
It is so easy to stumble and fall back to Gath and be captive again. Other times we can get some momentum going and be making strides away from the wretched city but then we get too confident and loose our footing and begin to slide.
If we cry out and reach up we can grab on to our SAVIOR and hold on to HIM. HE will stop our slide but we still have to continue to climb.
Some HE will decide to just lift up to the Freedom they seek because HE doesn't feel they need to go through the climb. Others need to strengthen their resolve. They have to climb. It is hard and HE knows that but HE designed it that way so that we would be able to withstand the future temptations.
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