Lay It on Me

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resurrection of hope in your tomorrows. Day and night, the man in the tombs cried out in torment, (Mark 5:5). Do you have restless days and restless nights without relief? Do you cringe in the morning and the evening because your life is at a standstill? Perhaps you can "break chains," but you cannot get out of the graveyard. You have physical strength, but you are so tormented by the Enemy that he paralyzes your spirit. The tomb is where memories are buried deep in the ground—memories of what could have been if things had turned out differently Yet, everything around you is dead! Your marriage is dead, your family has no joy and your job is a burden. You are stuck in Moab, living among the tombs! Moab is a real place. It is where bad things happen to good people. To come into the future blessings of God, you must make a break from Moab. Like the man from Gadara, you must have an encounter with Jesus and come out of the tombs! You must forget those things which are behind and reach forward to those things which are ahead (Philippians 3:13). No doubt you will encounter obstacles. Moab and Bethlehem are separated by the Jordan River. It must be crossed. It will take faith to leave your past and head toward your future. It will take courage to cross the Jordan River and go into an area of work or ministry you have never known. Friends will tell you to stay where you are; but there comes a time when you must realize God has a divine connection for you in Bethlehem.