Hold On To Jesus! – Deuteronomy 13:4

4 You are to follow only God, your God, hold Him in deep reverence, keep His commandments, listen obediently to what He says, serve Him – hold on to Him for dear life!

– Deuteronomy 13:4

Hold On To Jesus!

We've all seen movies where a ship is sinking and all of its passengers are now thrown into the sea and desperately trying to survive by finding something that floats . . . and hanging onto it for dear life.  The scenario always plays out the same way; first there's panic and a lot of splashing, then there is recognition of some buoyant object and a hint of hope appears, then there is much more splashing as frantically, they swim, dog paddle, wiggle – whatever it takes – to get to the object, and finally, a huge sigh of relief and a big bear-hug/death grip as they now are safely floating with a chance for survival and ultimately, rescue.

Jesus is our rescue, and if we will follow Him – our God – and hold Him in deep reverence, having faith in Him, and showing love, and compassion, and grace, as He taught us to do, then we can breathe a huge sigh of relief as we give Him a big bear-hug, because He will keep us afloat – above all of the unseen dangers and trappings that the enemy tries to pull us down and destroy us with.

So Hold on to Jesus – no matter what you are facing – hold on tight and don't let go!  Dig into His Word and get to know Him!  Let Him flow out of your life so that He can hold you up and keep you steady in the face of your fiercest storms.  Hold on for dear life . . . hold on to Jesus!

Prayer

Lord Jesus, thank You for being our Savior. Thank You for letting us hold on so tightly. But most of all . . . thank You for reaching out to us.  Remind us to look up to see You when all we can see in front of us is storm clouds and high seas.  Forgive our sins and show us the sins that we still need to repent of.

Have a blessed day everyone!

– Richard