Hold On To What You Have

Cycles. It’s a word written somewhere on the washing machine upstairs or maybe it’s the dryer. I’m not sure. Maybe both probably. Anyways, that’s not very important, you guys not what cycles are. The “Teacher” in Ecclesiastes could have used that word instead of saying “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” (Ecc. 1:9). He was speaking about things happening in the world not exactly about spiritual things. But all of us know about “moods” and that we go through times of wondering in valleys, smooth walking in the interesting foothills, harsh mountain hiking and intense freedom running on the heights. I don’t know for sure, but, man it’s sad that we are that way, not only in our day-to-day life, but in our walk with Jesus. It obviously shows that we aren’t pre-programmed machines and that we aren’t perfect like Jesus yet (…. that’s obvious). For the longest laps of time in my life, I was experiencing the running on the heights. Walking with Jesus seemed a joy and came naturally. But somehow I crashed, I re-appeared in the valley, I was thrown down the mountaintop. I’m not saying that something bad happened or I sinned (although, I do sin everyday), but simply that God wanted to start teaching me from the valley about the mountaintop maybe. I’m not sure yet. But anyways.
I know that all of us go through cycles, moods, stages in our walk with Jesus. Some days are good, some days are bad. Is this a proof of ungodliness? I don’t believe so.

“Only hold on to what you have until I come.” “I know you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.” “Hold on to what you have” (Rev. 2:25; 3:9b; 3:11).

Our Jesus is fully aware of what’s going on in our hearts and where He’s leading us, for a hike or a slide - do not misunderstand me here. I, by no means, believe that God pushes us to sin and so, make us “backsliders”. If we decide to disobey God and go our own way, we’ll get down in a valley that doesn’t belong to our Shepherd Jesus. I believe that God wants us to experience the cycles of the spiritual walk with Him, every one of them, for His purpose and in His timing. As we follow Christ, we’ll find the journey pleasant and easy at times, but lots of the time, we won’t understand we’re we are and why the ground is so cold and bumpy. That doesn’t mean we aren’t following Christ our Lord. “Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.” (II Tim. 2:3). We’ve got to hold on to what we have, hold on to the little faith we still have.

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So anywhere we are right now in our precious walk with Jesus, rejoicing, questioning or enduring the harsh road of “spiritual nothing” well, let us keep on seeking our Shepherd. Let us keep on reading His word and praying about it. To give up these disciplines will simply lead us into Satan’s pen. And, who wants that? As long as we are honest with God and pray for wisdom and read His Word, I believe He will reveal Himself to us and teach us.

Where are you at in your walk with Jesus? Feel free to let me know so I can pray for you.
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