More bridges/ no turning back…
There’s another bridge in the city where I live that bridges a gap and it is called the Reversing Falls bridge. It is across a narrow gorge where the river meets the bay and when the tide comes in it forces the river back up stream with its awesome power. There’s a picture in the previous blog. One morning early this week as my brother and I were driving alongside the river at the point where it enters the bay I couldn’t help but notice how smooth the waters were. The tide had reached a point called “slack tide” when it stops coming in and the river and the bay level off. Made me think of that song again that I quoted yesterday…”He came down to my level” And that is what Jesus did for us. There is a floodtide of iniquity against us and it stops our progress, but when we allow Jesus to take control of our lives its as if the tide against us goes out and there the Spirit has control and the river has a free flow in and through us. Jesus is that river of life and He is the bridge as well and if you have never allowed Him in your life and you are bound by sin you need to let Him come in and bridge the gap so that you can be saved from sin.
You will discover a freedom like the river does when the tide goes out. “That’s what He came down for” John 3:16 says “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son , that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life”
Remember burdens are lifted at Calvary. There is another song that I love that says "there are too many miles behind me
And it talks about the rivers my feet have walked through." It reminds me of bridges and in this Christian walk there are many bridges to cross, many pitfalls too. This song says there’s too many treasures awaiting over yonder, there’s just
too much to gain to lose. That’s how I feel; too much to gain to lose. Another song says so many lives depend on what I do, give me the strength dear Lord, I’m going on with You.
Have you felt sometimes like turning back and crossing the bridge in the wrong direction? King David must have felt that way sometimes; look at what he said in Psalm 55 “ 4 My heart is severely pained within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me. 6 So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. 7 Indeed, I would wander far off, And remain in the wilderness. Selah 8 I would hasten my escape From the windy storm and tempest.”
Sometimes the road is a rough ride and we are tempted to give up and even turn back to the old life, maybe temptation to sin is strong or maybe your friends have failed you or perhaps it’s a family problem… one more song quote(maybe this should be a series on songs, not bridges). Here goes the last song quote…”give up and give it over to Jesus,(repeat two times) and He’ll make a way for you." …Remember “Too many treasures are waiting over yonder…there’s too much to gain to lose”. Amen.