'Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life,
the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God.'
I've been battered and nearly battered a few times, because I'm quite mouthy, and very, opinionated! One time I was set upon in the middle of a dance floor by a gang of girls. And I thought I was doing okay at first. Then one girl got a hold of my hair, and twisted it around her grip, and in that twist, I knew I was going down.
Life feels like that. Like you are about to get battered.
Life is like that as a Christian too.
And the first thing I think when I'm getting battered is, I'm not going to Church! I get the 'how are you?' phobia...this is the fear that when someone asks you how you are, you will burst into tears. Or worse if some sweet old lady who has been a Christian since she was 5 says 'how are you?' you will say, 'I AM NOT OKAY, OKAY, ARE YOU HAPPY NOW!'
It's the kind of panic you get, when you think you might be losing your mind, your fight, your life.
But this week I learnt what the second half of this verse means. You see, the life a Christian needs is Jesus, and the promise from God is that the life of Jesus will be bound securely in the bundle of the living, and that bundle is your church.
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