I don't want to fall away from You!

There's a Shawn McDonald song, "Gravity" that I love to hear. The chorus says, "I don't wanna fall away from You. Gravity is pulling me to the ground." When I think of my relationship with Christ I think of how easy it would be to fall away from Him. This world is the gravitating force that pulls us in all different directions, beckoning us to believe that what it has to offer could be anywhere near the life we live in Christ. 

Many days I feel the weight of the world on my shoulders. My burden for my family and friend's salvation becomes so heavy in my heart that I begin to struggle in my own walk. My attitude changes, my prayer life changes, and my need to read my Bible changes. Then the thoughts of walking away come....Who would care if I turned my back on Christ? Would anybody notice? Would they encourage me to go back to my old lifestyle of cussing and drinking, neglecting my family, fighting with my husband, caring only of my own needs and never concerning myself with others needs, and completely disregarding what God had done in my life? What if I gave up teaching, praying, mentoring, and loving people? Would anything in my life with Christ have made such an impact that someone might beg me to come back to Him? These thoughts are not from God! Because God says in His word, "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." 

I visited the Billy Graham Library a few weeks ago and I heard this quote, "I have never met a man that regretted giving his life to Jesus." I made a promise to God when He saved my husband, that no matter the cost, I would walk with Him whether my husband and family continued on. Now, almost 4 years later, I am more in love with Christ today than any other time in my life and I have never regretted giving Him my life. Thank you God for reeling me back in. I don't want to fall away from You, Lord, don't let the gravity of this world get me down.

Psalm 139 is my favorite Psalm. This is why I love Him so! "O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” Even the night shall be light about me; Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You. For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You. Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God! Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men. For they speak against You wickedly; Your enemies take Your name in vain. Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You? I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting."

Think about it!
Would anybody notice if you turned your back on Christ? Is your life now a reflection of Christ? Do you love Him more than anything or anybody? Do you know that the void you are feeling, is where God wants to be? Call on Him today. Get desperate in His Presence and let Him live in you. You will never regret it, I promise!