Rise Up Out of the Ash-Pile!

Dave Mirra, 41 years old, dies of apparent suicide. Dave’s life was adventurous and exciting. He had won many medals over the years for his BMX biking skills…well-known and liked by teenagers across the nation who looked up to him and wanted to be like him…married with two kids. What happened?

The truth is, I don’t know for certain. What I do know though is somehow in and through all the fame there had to be feelings of lacking or failure of some kind. His personal and spiritual needs apparently weren’t being fulfilled. Somehow, he was feeling incomplete.

Have you ever felt like a failure? Maybe you’ve felt like everything you do is meaningless and worthless? Who really cares anyway? Does anything I say or do have any bearing whatsoever on anything else in this world? Maybe you are feeling down, depressed, overwhelmed by life today? Maybe you need to hear something positive and promising?

The Scripture tells us about a time when Israel was overwhelmed by their past failures and the situation they were in wasn’t good at all. But the Scripture goes on to say this: “The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. I will build you up again, and you will be rebuilt” (Jeremiah 31:3-4).

The LORD spoke words of encouragement in the midst of discouragement. The Lord told them He would rebuild what they had messed up so bad. He told them: “I have loved you with an everlasting love.” He was there for them in the midst of all their troubles.

In the midst of your discouragement, JESUS loves you and desires to take the brokenness around you and to rebuild it all for His glory. Understand your position in CHRIST today. If you have surrendered your life to JESUS, you are a King’s kid. You have no reason to live in despair. He is calling you to rise up out of the ash-pile and find your place in His love.

Allow Him to step into your brokenness and to bring deliverance, healing, freedom and wellness into your life. Entrust your feelings of inadequacy to Him and find your victory today!