A thought
by Erwin Raphael McManus, (2006-11-14) from his book, Soul Cravings: An Exploration of the Human Spirit (p. 106). Thomas
Nelson. Kindle Edition.
The
purpose of despair is to keep you from doing anything. I love the Psalms in the Old Testament of the
Bible. I read one every day. One of the reasons why I read one is to keep
me focused on how to keep me from despair.
David is the writer of many of the Psalms and he usually starts with some
lament. He starts in despair but by the
end of the Psalm he changes his focus from the problem and starts focusing on
who God is and what He has done in the past and what He can do in the future. He changes his focus his perspective.
So are you going to ask Him?
Have
you found that to be true? You have let
something rob you of your hope and your joy and you’re not sure if you want to
go on. That is a horrible place to be
but it is not a place you need to stay. There
is always hope.
Now
if it is something that you can do something about then set out to do it. There
is always, always something that can be done.
You must understand that and believe that. For the most part despair is a focus problem.
We get our eyes on the negatives of life;
those circumstances that we think can’t be changed. But in every negative there is always
something that can be changed. Even if
it is just my attitude, change that and your perspective changes.
The
purpose of despair is to keep you from doing anything. I love the Psalms in the Old Testament of the
Bible. I read one every day. One of the reasons why I read one is to keep
me focused on how to keep me from despair.
David is the writer of many of the Psalms and he usually starts with some
lament. He starts in despair but by the
end of the Psalm he changes his focus from the problem and starts focusing on
who God is and what He has done in the past and what He can do in the future. He changes his focus his perspective.
Now
as you change your focus to God He will show you some things you need to change
and He then will give you the motivation and the strength to make the change. He gives you hope which comes from faith in
Him and His purpose for your life.
So start
there. Just go to Him, ask Him to come into your
life, believe that He hears you and confess your sins to Him. Then specifically ask Him about your
despair. Where is it coming from and
what can I do about it? Matthew 7:7
(NASB) says, “Ask, and it will be given
to you; seek, and you will find; knock and it will be given to you.” If you accept that as a word directly from
God and you do what it says, then your despair will go away and your hope will
come.
“Despair not only takes us
to the wrong place, but it keeps us from going forward.”
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