Run to me....God

How many of you have experienced getting into trouble as a child?  Or maybe you were afraid of something?  Were you able to run into the arms of your mom?  Or maybe it was your Dad?  But whoever it was, you ran without fear.  You ran knowing that those arms would be stretched out wide for you.  No matter what you did or what was chasing you.  You had a safe place to go!  There is a song that is stuck in my head that goes like this:

Take Me To The King

Verse 1:
Truth is I’m tired Options are few
I’m trying to pray But where are you?
I’m all churched out Hurt and abused
I can’t fake what’s left to do?

Truth is I’m weak No strength to fight
No tears to cry Even if I tried
But still my soul Refuses to die
One touch-will change-my life

Chorus:
Take Me To The king I don’t have much to bring
My hearts torn into pieces Its my offering

Lay me at the throne Leave me there alone
To gaze upon Your glory And sing to You this song
Please Take Me To The king

Verse 2:
Truth is its time To stop playing these games
We need a word For the peoples pain

So Lord speak right now Let it fall like rain
We're desperate We're chasing after you

Bridge:
No rules, no religion I’ve made my decision
To run to You The healer that I need

Chorus:
Lord were in the way We keep making mistakes
Glory is not for us Its all for You

Take Me to the King

 

Lamentations 3:22-23 (ESV)

²² The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;^[a]
his mercies never come to an end;
²³ they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.

As I sing this song in my head I just imagine running into the arms of my heavenly father! I am hurting, I’m scared and I definitely feel like something is chasing me!  Mainly the devil.  He is always hot on my trail.  As soon as I get one obstacle out of the way, here that devil is again trying to bring me down.  So I sing this song, “Take Me to the King” and right here, right now, I have nothing to offer Him.  I have a heart that is broken and torn apart.  It seems so little!  I beg, take me to the King!  He can have my heart, whatever shape it is in.  It’s all His!

Ezekiel 34:16 (NLV)

¹⁶ “I will look for the lost, bring back those that have gone away, help those who have been hurt, and give strength to the sick. But I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them with punishment

Take me to the King!  What will He do?  He will restore us!

Joshua 1:9 (NIV)

⁹ Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

I would love to just run into those arms.  I know all my crazy life would make sense then.  All my tears will be wiped away.  All of my brokenness will be made new.  I will be whole.  So why does He tarry?  When we are all such a hurting race of people?  We all have big heartaches.  What are you waiting for God?  We’re ready to go!  He is so patient.  He wants to give every last one of us that opportunity to be made whole.  He doesn’t want anyone to perish.  So He waits.  He waits for us to get a clue!  Wake up folks!  Time is ticking!  Our world is in such a mess.  Jesus Christ is our only answer!    So until that day arrives for us…..we wait.

Philippians 4:7 (NIV)

⁷ And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

And while we wait, we reach out to others that are broken and bruised.  If we have been hurt, broken, and if God has held us up with His hand we have to help our neighbor going through that same valley; just as Christ helped us.  We have to show them the way.

Psalm 27:14 (NIV)

¹⁴ Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the Lord.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (NIV)

Praise to the God of All Comfort

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, ⁴ who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

Let us each reach out like Jesus did to make our last days full of spiritual growth, joy and fulfillment.   We have to take our pain and help others that are in pain.  We go from being comforted to being the comforter.

Luke 8:39 (NIV)

³⁹ “Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him

We have to get out there!  We can’t sit in our comfort zone and help anyone!  We have to connect; mentally, emotionally, and physically.  Be that someone that a friend or even stranger needs to grab hold of.  God will bless you!

Luke 6:38 (NIV)

³⁸ Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

Every time I tell a cancer patient how God has worked in my life since Danny died, I see hope in their eyes!  And when I see that hope in their eyes, my heart heals just a little bit more.  The big gaping crack in my heart closes ever so slightly.  That’s what God can do!  So from my pain I help someone else and that in turn, helps me.  It gives me hope!  I am giving, and He is giving back to me!  We all know brokenness, and thanks to our generous Father in Heaven, we all are blessed.

You always have a place to run to, always.  The place is God!