I waited patiently for the LORD and He turned to me and heard my cry.
He picked me up out of the miry clay and sat my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand...
For every promise of God that a believer can claim, there is a qualifying statement which precedes it.
You are missing the qualifying statement, Phil.
"I waited patiently"
It doesn't say "I waited while screaming like a banshee and acting like a fool to such an extent that I could barely hear Him when He spoke but lucky me mercy came runnin'..."
Note that you also have to be reaching up out of your own crap before He can pull you out of it and set your feet on the Rock.
Stop. Turn around.
Listen to your own prayers.
Line your actions up with the Word.
It DOES NOT work the OTHER WAY AROUND as HE has already done ALL that HE EVER WILL DO.
The rest is on you.
He left instructions.
As a believer, to claim the promises of God, meet the qualifying statements.
That's the deal.
You don't have to like it.
But He will test you to find out just how truly and deeply you believe Him.
Do you know there's a reason the Bible says Jesus is SEATED at the right hand of God today, Phil.
Have you ever thought about it?
He is SEATED.
When do you sit down, Phil?
When the work is done.
Phil, the work is done.
Families are healed and whole and restored and it's just the PEOPLE that won't allow themselves to be touched and turned for fear their flesh will miss out on something or heaven forbid, they actually have to sacrifice something...like perhaps foolish pride
Don't be like that.
This is on you.
Meet the qualifying statements.
And pray for your wife.
That her heart be softened, turned back to Christ and you.
Your family's fate is quite literally in your hands.
You were chosen.
You didn't choose HIM, Phil.
He chose you.
For this.
So you might as well just shut up, get in and hold on.
