Deborah W (10
Dec 2012)
"Charles"
Charles,
When I read your posts I am so sad for your turmoil. I
hope to encourage you to cast all your burdens unto
Jesus. God has been showing my bible study group
some scripture. The one from yesterday esp. would apply
for you. Isaiah 26:18 God wants
you to know Charles, that he sees your vain attempts and he will
honor them. His word will not return void. You cry
out to him for your friends, relatives and co-workers. He
wants you to know that he sees what you are doing and he will
honor your prayers. GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISES! You will
see these people saved. Not by your might, but by
HIS. He is going to do a new thing. I don't think
for a minute that we will go out of here with our heads hung in
shame. He is going to do something to jar our families
awake. He is calling us to LOVE them. He understands
the earth and what we are up against and that we are giving
birth to the wind. He wants you to relax and TRUST HIM,
not yourself. He wants to release you from the burden of
feeling that YOU are the one who saves, when in fact it is
HE. For a long time my unsaved husband would say to me
"That's not very Christian". I used to believe with all my
heart that if I could just be a "good" little Christian, then he
would want to be one too. I believed if he saw me attain
victory over certain areas of my life, he would want Christ
also. HOW PRIDEFULLY PRESUMPTUOUS OF ME! I had to
repent of that pridefulness. Jesus saves, not me!
After I realized that, one day my husband said his taunt and I
looked at him and said "I have nothing to do with your
relationship with God, It's all between you and him". That
was the end of that battle!
The Lord wants you to sit back and wait for him and LOVE his
lost sheep. When you strive you end up
discouraged. REST in the fact that GOD HAS IT UNDER
CONTROL! The question is, do you trust him with the
salvation of your loved ones???
I am praying for your release from this false burden. His
yoke is easy, His burden light. If you are feeling this
much burden, you know it's not from the Lord. It's a false
burden from the pit of HELL. When you have done all that
you can do Charles, he tells us to just STAND. Just love
them and wait on him. Sprinkle some salt and light when we
can, but don't walk around with a giant God club waiting to
thump people with it!
Sorry if this sounds random and poorly written. I just
went as He lead me.
See you soon brother,
Deborah