JEREMIAH 50:22
AS WE BEGIN ANOTHER YEAR, OUR FEET ARE AT THE STARTING BLOCK. IT COULDN'T BE A BETTER TIME FOR ONE TO START OUT ON THE RIGHT NOTE. THAT NOTE IS LETTING GOD HAVE FULL CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE. FROM THE GETTING UP IN THE MORNING TO THE LAYING DOWN AT NIGHT, LET GOD BE IN CONTROL. DAVID SAW THE NEED TO LET GOD CONTROL HIS LIFE WHEN HE SAID IN PSALM 3, "LORD, HOW ARE THEY INCREASED THAT TROUBLE ME. MANY THERE BE WHICH SAY OF MY SOUL, 'THERE IS NO HELP FOR HIM IN GOD.' BUT THOU, O LORD, ART A SHIELD FOR ME. HE TAKES CARE OF ME, HE PROTECTS ME, EVEN IN MY FOOLISH STATE."
DAVID DIDN'T GET TO THE POINT OF LETTING GOD CONTROL HIS LIFE OVERNIGHT. THERE WERE MANY TIMES THAT HE FELL DOWN AND GOT BACK UP. I AM QUITE SURE THAT DURING HIS LIFETIME HE TRIED TO GO IT ALONE. HE TRIED TO DO THINGS HIS WAY. HE REALIZED THAT GOING IT ALONE IS NOT THE WAY TO GO.
HE NEEDED THE GOD THAT NEVER LOST A BATTLE TO CONTROL HIS LIFE. WHEN YOU TURN CHRISTIAN, YOU GIVE GOD YOUR LIFE AND SAY "LORD, HERE I AM A SINNER. PLEASE FORGIVE ME OF ALL MY SINS. TAKE MY LIFE AND MOLD ME AFTER YOUR WILL. TAKE AWAY THE DIRTY TALKING. LORD, I DON'T WANT TO TALK DIRTY ANYMORE. TAKE OUT THE FIGHTING, LORD. I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT ANYMORE. TAKE HOLD OF MY LIFE AND MAKE ME BRAND NEW. DO THIS FOR ME, LORD JESUS, I PRAY."
IF YOU SAY THIS, AND MEAN IT WITH ALL THAT IS IN YOU, GOD WILL COME IN AND TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE. YOU WILL FIND HIM MUCH MORE CAPABLE THAN YOURSELF.
YOUR SERVANT IN CHRIST,
KENNETH CROSKEY, SR.
