The Journey to Humility

Have you ever felt so overwhelmed as you continually put forth your best effort but there is no fruit? How do you continually persevere through that situation? Jeremiah was a prophet given an incredibly difficult call from the Lord. He was called to preach to the people of Jerusalem and call them to repentance. For forty years he called repentance to a people who refused to hear and heed the warnings sent forth from the Lord. He was put in jail, suffered hunger, and faced discouragement. I could not imagine every day for forty years of going forth among a people who refused to turn to their Lord and of knowing the future calamities that would befall them if they would not repent. Jeremiah did this because the Lord commanded him to cry repentance to the people. He obediently went forth and fulfilled all that the Lord asked of Him. That is a demonstration of true perseverance. Merriam Webster defines perseverance as, "  continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficult

"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound." Isaiah 61:1 Have you ever felt as thought you were in a prison? That you were a prisoner with no hope of escape? You felt as though the weight of your choices, sins, weaknesses, and responsibilities in life were overwhelming you? I think that at least once in each of our lives we will feel this way. We will be in a prison from which we cannot free ourselves. We are truly and utterly stuck. While this may seem a hopeless situation, it is not. We have a rescuer if we will but open our hearts and call upon His name. That Rescuer is the Savior Jesus Christ. He has all power to save us from our prisons. He has all keys to open any door. Not one of us is beyond the great and infinite power of Him. I can picture in my mind a lonely gir