Sunday, June 7, 2009

Digging through the Rubble

-Psalm 36:5 Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.

I want to share this story with you:

In 1989 an earthquake hit Armenia. Over 30K were killed. A father rushed to his son’s school and he found the building leveled. He was distraught. He then remembered the promise he had once made to his son; “No matter what, I’ll always be there for you.” But as he looked at the pile of debris the father felt defeated.

Remembering his son’s classroom was in the back right hand corner of the building he rushed to the spot and started digging through the mountain of rubble with his hands. The other heartbroken parents tried to pull him away, saying “It’s too late! They’re dead. Face reality!”

The father responded “Won’t you help me?” and continued removing one brick at a time while fires and explosions surrounded him. The fire chief tried to pull him away telling him of the danger and threat of fires and explosions. The father responded, “Won’t you help me?” and continued removing one brick at a time alone.

He dug for 8 hours, 12 hours, 36 hours. In the 40th hour he pulled back a boulder and heard his son’s voice….

He screamed, “ Armand!”

“Dad, it’s me” said the boy and continued, “ I told the other kids not to worry, if you were alive you save me.”

When the building collapsed, 13 other children had been trapped with Armand in a wedge-shaped space.

Like that boy you feel trapped also, you feel like you just experienced an earthquake in your life and you too have stuff coming down all around you. Now everything is buried and you can’t get out, you’re trapped by sin, by sickness, by debts and you’re being attacked on every side with different issues and circumstances.

You feel alone and it looks dark in your life, you’re wondering where is God through all this, and you start to wonder if God is even coming to help you.

You’re sitting in this wedge space contemplating what’s next: give up and sin or …?

Let me tell you where God is; while you’re trying to figure a way out of the mess you’re in, Jesus Christ is already on His way, Jesus is digging through the rubble of the situation you’re in right now making a way for you to get out.

You’re deliverer is on His way. Hold on!!

Be confident like that boy, he told his friends, “My daddy is alive and he’s coming for me.” Hallelujah!!!

You’re in the same wedge space buried by the challenges and sins of life. Are you buried so deep that God can’t get to you? No, you’re not. He’s not giving up on you. In the 40th hour Jesus will hear you prayers and break thru what seems the impossible. Glory to God!!

-God made you a promise:
1. Jeremiah 29:11 (plans for you)11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

2. Deuteronomy 28:12 (blessed) I shall live and not die, I am the head and not the tail, above and not beneath

3. Colossians 1:13 (deliver you) 13For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,

4. Psalm 138:7 (comfort me) 7 Though, I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes, with your right hand you save me.

5. 1 John 5:13 (eternal life) 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

6. Psalm 60:12 (victory over your enemies) 12With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.

7. Isaiah 54:17 (no weapon will prosper) 17 no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me," declares the LORD.

8. Psalm 71:20 (help in trouble) 20 Though, you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

Say: “I’m coming out”!!! Hallelujah!!!

see short video.

May God bless you,
Sr. Pastor Jose Reyes,
The Lord's Field Ministry

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