Betrayal

 There is a wonderful old saint who has spoken much light and life into my walk. His name is RT Kendall. Today I share something that I heard not long ago.

Brother RT said that each of us who are fully committed to following Jesus will come to what he called, "The Betrayal Barrier." This is the place where we feel betrayed by the Lord we have trusted. The place where all His promises seem to lie in the dust at our feet. The place where we feel that He's abandoned us and left us to our own devices. In that place, brother Kendall simply says, "Don't give up or in. Press on." The Betrayal Barrier will be a part of every disciples journey. It will be accompanied by all of the enemy's whispered lies. Lies that say He has failed us, let us down, lied to us. It's a barrier to our faith and only one thing will guarantee our breaking through. We have to have determined before we ever reach this barrier that no matter what it looks like, seems like, or feels like, we will believe Him. We will trust Him. We will keep on keeping on.

The first such barrier that I ever faced was when I lived on a bleak and lonely church campground in the winter of 1990. All my circumstances were against me. My marriage had collapsed and with it my ministry. I had no money, almost nothing in the way of material possessions, and a future that didn't seem to promise anything but more days, weeks, and months of the same.Where was the God I had given my life to 10 years earlier? I felt like giving up. I wanted to give up.....but within me was a still small voice that whispered to me to keep on following hard after Jesus. He had promised me that He'd make a way "where there seemed to be no way." So I kept on. Step by step. Day by day. Week by week. What I discovered was that He hadn't betrayed me or left me. In His timing, doors opened, new opportunities came. He was making a way, His way, along my way. Thirty five years later, He still is.

Maybe you're at The Betrayal Barrier yourself today. If so, don't give up. Keep on keeping on. Trust not in what you're seeing or feeling, but in what He's said. What He's promised. If you will, you'll break through the barrier. Live in the truth of Psalm 18:30. "As for God, His way is perfect. All the Lord's promises prove true." That was written by David, a man who well knew the characteristics of the Betrayal Barrier. He broke through. So will you...if you don't give up.

Blessings,
Pastor O