Keep On Pressing!






We are living in dangerous times.  When people are afraid to go to church because they might get shot down in worship, these are dangerous times.  Children are reported missing and we have wonder if they have been taken for sex trafficking.  People are looking for ways to fill the void of love, and drugs are being legalized and sanctioned as a remedy.  There is so much going on around us, but the believers have hope.  We have the answer to the problems of today.  We have a God that will bring us through.  All we have to do is keep on pressing.  

In Luke 13:10-15, we find a woman that has suffered with an infirmity in her body for eighteen years.  She was bent over and unable to function normally.  She entered the 

synagogue where Jesus was teaching, and he healed her.  The religious leaders were upset because Jesus healed on the sabbath day.  Can you imagine coming to church, but you can't receive healing?  Coming to church and being denied a miracle? 

A famous Christian writer wrote that life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% of what you do with it! This woman took her 10% to Jesus! If you are going to be a winner, then you have to see yourself winning.  Logically, she was broken, and it was the sabbath, but her faith looked beyond logic! Her faith went beyond the religious orders and rules.  She kept on pressing.  If you are going to be victorious, then you have to see yourself victorious.  Don't wait on your situation to move, but make your mind move past the situation. 

This woman is a unique example of how your response can change your situation.  She was bent over which means her view was limited to what was below her.  When life breaks you down, you cannot see the great God above you.   When you can only see brokenness, you can't see deliverance.  When you can only see pain, you can't see healing.  

I want to encourage you to keep on pressing.  No matter what your eyes see, keep on pressing.  No matter what it sounds like, looks like, or feels like, God is in your corner. Keep on pressing your way to deliverance.  Keep on praying and studying the word of God.  Be like the woman and keep on pressing!

Reaching the lost at any cost, 
Pastor Odie Kennedy

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