"Limitation"

"For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me." (Psalms 38:17) There is really only so much we can take, before we collapse and surrender; especially once we have tasted what peace and joy we can have in the sanctity of dwelling in Jesus Christ; that is when we hunger and thirst for righteousness. It does not need to be that way, because dwelling in Jesus satisfies the hunger and the thirst; as a matter of fact, the way the 23rd Psalm puts it, "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters", which pretty much concludes that the hunger and thirst has been taken care of; besides, if you see a sheep lie down in the grass instead of grazing in it, that pretty much means that he is satisfied. Another thing that happens when we have unconfessed sin in our lives, is that we are trying to deal with something in our own strength, which is obviously weakness; we cannot take that burden off, and longer we carry it, the heavier it becomes. Putting off for tomorrow what should be done today, only to suffer through another day; how long can anyone keep up with that kind of sorrow? Maybe the better question to ask, might be, how long will God wait for us to turn back to Him? Is there a limitation to God's patience? I am not sure that we can measure His patience, because we surely cannot measure His love: His love has no bounds! We on the other hand, we have limits; there is only so much that we can stand of our own demise, before we take tomorrow as too late, and make our turning today. The word "halt" is such a simple word, it really does not have much more to say than limping or stumbling, which pretty much can be summed up by two words: Stumbling Idiot! That pretty much is what we become by choice, if we choose to walk in darkness, not being clothed in the righteousness of Jesus Christ; because sin is darkness, and darkness is not worthy to stand in the Day, especially if that day is tomorrow... "Heaven and earth shall pass away; but My words shall not pass away. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man." (Luke 21:33-36)