Unshackled Echo ~ June 29, 2019 ~ At The Start Of The Rope

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had absolutely no other place to go.

– Abraham Lincoln

I love this quote. It's a great reminder of the need to go to God, as well as being an encouragement when I think of leaders crying out to God for help and guidance. I have no doubt that the best way to be an effective leader is to be an effective follower of God. But when I read or hear this quote, I am also reminded of all the times I kept going my own way and kept trying to do things on my own until victory became impossible. Then, seeing I had no other hope, I would turn to God for help.

Life is so much better, there is so much more victory and security and contentment, when we hit our knees before we are driven there. We can remember that His way is always the best way, the only way to true victory and success. We do not have to try any other way first. The experience and failure of the past can be enough for us to know that there is absolutely no other place to go, no other way that works. We don't have to end at that place of broken reliance on God. We can start there.

Today, let us look first to God for guidance and direction. Let us not wait for our life to move into critical condition before turning it and the situation over to Him and asking for His help. He is as much a present source of help as the problem approaches as He is when we are at the end of our ropes.

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June 29, 2016.

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