Dear God, I am asking you is this the situation in or the person that I am suppose to be with? Lord, please show me? Isn’t this our constant prayer to God and when He shows us we stay with them or in that situation anyway? I know all too well what it is like to ask God this question and then when He shows you, in your mind you begin to rationalize with the truth. We say things like maybe he or she will change but in our hearts we know that this is who this person really is. Only to then stay and realize that your body is there with them but your mind is on the other side of town, wondering how much better life would be if I was not in this situation or with this person. I am not speaking of going from one bed to another, or going from the arms of one relationship into another but just being, ‘FREE.’
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Free to be you, free to follow your dreams, free to have a peace of mind, free to come home and not hear the sounds of someone who acts like they have split personalities. Not knowing from day to day who you are in a relationship with, whether friends or otherwise depending on what day of the week it is. I am going to just throw this out there when they are broke they like you as matter of fact you are their sunshine but when payday come they avoid you like you are a bill collector this also includes relatives and friends. So maybe that is not your case maybe for you they only call you when they want sex but never take out the time to date you.
In Case of an Emergency
They tell us that in case of an emergency dial 911. So you dialed 911 by getting on your knees and calling on Jesus, help me, I am in a situation, help me this person is abusing me, help me I made a bad decision, and here comes Jesus to the rescue. (Isn’t that beautiful, Jesus our hero?) They used to have this rap song and in it there was a line that said, ‘I want to be saved.’ Who better to call on than Jesus!
In Case of a FIRE
When they build any building they put on the walls instructions on how to get to the nearest exit. Remember, when we were in elementary school they would have fire drills and show us how to exit.
They taught us that when you smell smoke, to stop, drop, and roll. What we do after we pray to God 911, we smell smoke and continue to inhale until we are out of breath. This relationship or situation is sucking the life out of you and you are trying to catch your breath but you are gasping for air, Lord, help me, I am dying and I can’t get out. Don’t you just love fireman they don’t just stand outside and yell come out. No, they run into the fire. Isn’t that just like Jesus to come into the fire with you?
Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their other garments, and was cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. These three men Shadrach, Meshach, and AbedNego, fell down bound in the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Then King Nebuchadnessar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke saying to his counselors, ‘Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire.’ They answered and said to the king, ‘True, O King.’ “Look!” he answered, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God (JESUS).” Daniel 3:22-25
I think we can stop right there and give God some glory because when Jesus stepped into your 911 emergency and He smelled the smoke, He stepped in and loosed you where you were bound. You see they bound their feet so they couldn’t walk but the bible said that after Jesus loosed them, they were now walking and was not hurt. Oh my God in the name of Jesus your loosed, free to walk, and you’re not going to come out smelling like smoke.
The bible said, (oh, I feel the Holy Ghost) for the bible said, (I know I wrote it twice) when the people looked at their bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them.
The bible said that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. The bible says, ‘that you shall know the truth and truth will make you free. Get on your knees and dial 911, here He comes, the king of glory, the great I AM, our shelter, our peace, look at Jesus riding in on grace and mercy, He is the king of kings and the lord of lords. He is the prince of peace, He is the rock of our salvation, here comes Jesus to the rescue binding up the devil, look at Jesus bringing you out of something that should have killed you. Look at Jesus, saying stop, drop, and roll. Look at Jesus, coming because of your cry for HELP.
STOP – giving this relationship or situation life
DROP – this unhealthy relationship or this situation
ROLL – get up and leave, because where there is smoke, there is a fire.
The gripping Truth
Jesus, came to your rescue, showed you the truth about this person or this situation and you still decided to stay. Webster defines gripping as a tight hold, a firm grasp, or an intellectual hold. You see the reason many of us stay in situations or relationships that are unhealthy is simply because in our minds we are trying to rationalize or wrestle with the truth. You keep telling yourself its going to change things are going to get better but the gripping truth is it isn’t. No matter how much you have prayed God keep showing you the same thing. Let me put myself on front street, when I was married and I kept suspecting things, hearing him say abusive things to me, not be supportive, when I say this, I am not just speaking to women but to men as well. So, I prayed and asked God to show me, then not to long after that my ex-husband left me. I cried but I kept moving forward, God was opening up doors for me and then I let my ex come back and the doors stopped opening. I prayed again and again the results were still the same. This continued on for 9 years, until I decided, God when I pray this time for you to show me, I will take your way out. He showed me again, and I took the exit and to this day almost 6 years later like Martin Luther King said, ‘free at last, free at last thank God Almighty, I am free at last.’
Maybe for you it might be someone who cheated on you, continuously hurt you, a friend who is never there for you, a family member that doesn’t believe in your dreams, whatever the case for you maybe will you grip the truth. The truth is, ‘it’s time to leave.’
Beautifully Speaking,
Sonya
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