FIRM GRIP

As I was watching college football today, it seemed like it was raining at almost every game.

I thought to myself, "in these conditions, it's the teams with the least amount of turnovers that will win today."

FIRM GRIP.

In your life, when the "storms" come, what are you holding on to?  Do your struggles cause the very things that will help you to slip from you?

This morning, as the CHEERLEADER was reading a devotional, she read out loud this passage to me:
"When you seem to be sinking in your struggles, it's crucial to hold onto something that will not fail you, something you can trust with your very life.  God's powerful presence not only strengthens you; it holds you close and doesn't let go.  He has a FIRM GRIP on you."

Are you gripping Him back?

In the Bible, Hebrews 10:23 [NLT] says, "Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep His promise."

And later in that same chapter, Hebrews 10:35 [NLT] says, "So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord.  Remember the great reward it brings you!"

Many years ago, I was studying these 2 verses and I found out that in the original language, the writer of Hebrews was saying, "Hold on, as if you are attached....Don't let go of the rudder of your life. Don't let go of the very thing that will help you navigate through the storm."

So, whether it is sunny, calm and peaceful, or a storm in your life, have a FIRM GRIP on what God has promised to you....because He has a FIRM GRIP on you!