BBD 05.22.15 Running from God (Classic)
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The Burning
Bush Devotional
Classic
from 2007
05.22.15
Running
from God
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, You
are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts
of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold
me. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” even the night shall be
light about me; indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, but the night
shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You. - Psalm
139:7-12 NKJV.
For more than a year (2007), we have been trying to tame
a feral cat, and we have made progress. I can now pick up the cat for short
periods of time, although I do have a scar across the back of my right hand
from one of my early attempts. Recently, I read about a woman in Tennessee and
her experience trying to help a cat there. Tabitha Cain had been feeding the
cat for several years. Somehow, the cat got its head stuck inside of a peanut
butter jar. Tabitha’s mother says, “We tried to
get her, but being the type of cat you can’t catch, she kept running and
hiding.” Tabitha said, “I thought
she was going to die with that jar on her head.”
The Cain family would see the cat from time to time with
the jar on its head, but they were unable to catch it. The cat lived that way
for 19 days until finally, the cat was so thin and weak they were able to
capture it, and remove the jar. The cat is now eating again and appears to be
doing fine.
Sadly, we human beings often act like wild cats. Even
though we may be in terrible shape physically, emotionally, mentally, and
spiritually we refuse to receive help from the only One who can really help us.
We run and we run trying to find our own way with the world’s suffocating jar
around us, choking the life out of us. It does not have to be that way!
God loves you and He wants to help you. “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still
sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8).” “For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but
have everlasting life (John 3:16).” While we
were still the enemy of God, Christ Jesus suffered and died on the cross for
us. While we were still like a cat scratching Him, He died for us. Those scars
on the hands of Jesus are from us. We inflicted those scars upon Him, but He
still loved us, He still died for us, He still calls to us and longs to wrap
His arms around us and give us peace. Jesus calls out to you and says, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in
heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden
is light (Matthew 11:28-30).”
Isn’t it time to stop running from God, to stop running
from the One who really has the power to help you? Allow Him to take the
world’s jar off of you and give you life, abundant life. Where do you start?
Just talk to Him. Tell Him that you are tired of running and need His help, and
He will pick you up in His loving arms.
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