Lift Your Head UpSample

Lift Your Head Up

It is tough to be “stuck between a rock and a hard place.” Perhaps you’ve experienced a time of loss, sadness, or guilt when you said, “There’s just no possible way out of here.” But, God! He’s faithful to save. He comes and lifts our heads up to focus on His glory. I cherish these moments of glory when we feel His presence and experience His love. I believe we all do. Ever since humans were separated from the glory of God, we yearned to be fully immersed in Him.

We have an enemy who hates us with every fiber of his being and would like nothing more than to see us defeated and living a destitute life. But God made a way for us to leave darkness behind. When we believe in Christ’s redemption, we shed the weight of our fallen nature inherited from Adam, the first man, and we’re born again into a kingdom of light.

But if we are not relishing that marvelous light, even in the middle of gloomy circumstances, we must pause and let the Holy Spirit reveal where we are not walking in faith. Maybe our enemy whispered a lie, and we believed it (perhaps not altogether, but it made us doubt). Doubt is not faith, because faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1).

If you have fallen for the lies of the adversary and the marvelous light seems to dim, let me remind you that Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). That somber place where you are is nothing but a smoke screen that your enemy uses to keep you in fear. Jesus also assured us that He would be with us until the end of the world (Matthew 28:20). Jesus is with you right now. Jesus is light, and He is there to save you. Acknowledge His presence. Listen to Him. Follow His guidance, and you will never walk in darkness but enjoy the life-giving light of God—His glory.

Lift your head up and receive the saving grace that God has provided for this moment in your life. If you have trusted Jesus for eternal salvation, trust Him with the here and now, because Jesus saves.

Lord Jesus, I come to You with the assurance that I can receive salvation and help in these circumstances. You are here with me even though I can’t see You. Light up my heart with Your love. Amen.