There is an Escape

I was recently in a situation that caused me to battle back and forth on a decision I needed to make. Because of who was connected and involved in this situation, I honestly thought I had no other choice but to begrudgingly succumb to it. You see, the devil is cunning and knows exactly how to get to you. He knows what buttons to push and even who to use to get you off course or lose your focus. This particular decision, if based on trying to please people, would have caused me to be in a situation that would have literally tortured me, yet I was almost willing to go with the flow even though I had no peace about it at all! God revealed to me over and over (because I was just that hard headed) that I don’t have to accept this pressure. Everyday, people are doing the same thing. Succumbing to peer pressure or various pressures of the world, heading down a route that will torture them by stealing their peace, their joy and eventually their relationship with God. If the enemy can trick people into neglecting their relationship with God, to allow their peace and joy to be snatched, to believe that there is not an escape or even not accept Jesus as their savior, they are heading down a path of eternal damnation. Why would you subject yourself to that when there is a way of escape?!? Jesus provided the ultimate sacrifice so that we don’t have to be tortured. “He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.” (Ephesians‬ ‭1:7‬) “God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.” (‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1:5‬) “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” (‭‭John‬ ‭3:16‬) All you have to do is say YES!!! Your literal freedom is connected to saying yes! “If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.”‭‭ (Romans‬ ‭10:9-10‬)