Each of us must reach that brink where we look over the abyss into the pit of hell and see what we could become, before we can appreciate what Christ has done for us. J M Kane Wounded Hearts, Broken Minds
While reading Mr. Kane's book Wounded Hearts, Broken Minds I came across the statement above and it stopped me in my tracks. He captured perfectly the situation I needed to experience in order to come to understand what Christ has done for me personally.
For me, that meant I had to see myself while not wearing any filters or blinders. This was the only way I would be able to begin to comprehend what I had become absent Christ so I could fully understand what Christ was offering to me. The enemy on the other hand fears very deeply our looking into the pit of hell, because he means to destroy as many people as possible to hurt God. The problem the enemy finds himself in is he cannot stop us from looking over the abyss into the pit of hell and comprehending what we really are without Christ. We can make the choice to do exactly that and the enemy knows it, so he does the only thing within his power to prevent us from looking into the pit of hell and that is to distract us so we won't look. Unfortunately, he has shown he is quite effective in his distractions.
As I have shared in a past post, Isaiah 42:6-7:
As I have shared in a past post, Isaiah 42:6-7:
I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.
The enemy can confuse us so that we are in effect blind, he can imprison us through addictions; hatred, anger among multiple things, or finally as in my case he can keep us in a dungeon of darkness where we think we can see everything we need to see. While not all inclusive these are three ways the enemy effectively distracts us from looking intently into the pit of hell. The majority of us are in one of these three states. Celebrate because God was not content to leave us there and is why he sent Jesus so we could understand that we can either remain where we are or we can take hold of the lifeline grace offers us.
For me personally, my wife sensed for a long time something was wrong; researched and came to the conclusion I was depressed, (my dungeon of darkness). I for the most part felt that was the way life was supposed to be. So on the night of May 13, 2013 under a perfect storm she took a desperate step to force me to go to the brink, look over the abyss into the pit of hell and see what I am becoming. She then left me at that very spot to force me to make a choice: either to return to the dungeon and stay there or take hold of the lifeline grace was offering to me. My glimpse into the pit of hell shocked me and I chose to call upon God and invite Jesus into my heart and live. In the end her brave stand forced me to remove the filters and blinders and look at myself truthfully. Her stand saved my life. Thank you, Susan.
