I mentioned in our last visit a time when I was asked to meet with a woman in distress. Her mother had a stroke and was in failing health in Europe. Her husband struggled with cancer for about 20 years. They had two young children. She felt torn in so many different directions and couldn’t respond to everything in the way she wanted to. This frustration caused her to be an emotional wreck.
What do you address first when you are talking to someone like this? I started by letting her talk, including providing Kleenex to wipe her tears. Then I pointed out to her, more than anything else she needed to turn her life over to Jesus Christ and ask Him to take over the management of her life.
She had questions about getting herself more ready for such a step. I pointed out she would never get more ready. All of us are sinners (Romans 3:23). That’s what qualifies us to turn to the Savior, Jesus Christ. It’s not that we are as bad as we could be. It does mean that we’re as bad off as we can be. Sin separates us from God (Isaiah 59:2). Jesus Christ came to this earth to die for our sins and then be raised from the dead to be a living Savior (1 Corinthians 15:3-4).
Once you ask Him to forgive you and come into your life to take over He will never leave you. He’ll be there with you even if your circumstances don’t change. He can help you endure or He might help you overcome, either way you belong to Him and He is there with you for time and eternity.
We prayed together as she asked Jesus Christ into her life. Now she is on an adventure with Jesus!
