Rescue Me?

"He brought them out of darkness

and the deepest gloom

and broke away their chains."

Psalm 107:14

{If your so inclined, listen to the following songs while reading this post:}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzqjLVwV2sA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yq9jYTcsoc&list=PL5-BkNlqu3ArFbbOCJArkRUZ51MiYuSWy&index=2&feature=plpp_video

This verse is so precious and powerful..

I just imagine.....a man (or woman) with a broken heart and spirit,

sitting in a disgusting jail cell of their own sin...

tangled in the chains of yesterday; the shackles that keep them in an endless cycle of

fear, disobedience, pain.....

regret and sadness dripping from every cry into the darkness

What hope do I have?

Where can I run?

Everywhere I turn, the shadows of my past taunt me

they mock me

they know there's no escape...

 Their maniacal laughter echoes in the chasm of my soul,

etching permanent signatures

of what eternity holds

The chains around my wrists, neck, feet...

carving me into someone who I want to run away from

but can't

Someone save me...

can anyone save me???

In the midst of desperate, gut-wrenching cries for redemption

for a second chance, somehow...

A small ray of light

slipped through the rocks and crevices of the walls..

Beams began bursting forth, lighting up my darkness

nearly blinding me

Uncontrollable fear of my shame being exposed came upon me like seizures;

but, in the center of my soul...

I was reaching out, fighting to take a hold of this rapidly growing hope-

a hope of escape from groveling and clawing

on the crumbling walls of the endless black hole beneath me

starving for my being

What was this force as strong as death?

Can it be that I'm straining against my very self??

From within I begin to sense a new will;

a new strength;

a fighting spirit

my nearly blind eyes searched for the source of this white hot, pure heat

Could I leave this lying excuse of my existence?

Can you truly be offering me a way out??

Time is running thin

I heard a thundering voice from thin air, telling me that it was real

I needed to take His hand

and that He came for me

......come with Him

But why???

My body recoiled into a heap of doubt;

what is this illusion?

No God would come back for me...

I failed Him time and time again

I felt...love...radiating from behind the trembling walls

rattling from the intensity of heartbreaking desire

love dying to burst into my cell and rescue me

Rescue me?

Trembling, shivers racking my body, I stagger forward,

about to make the biggest decision I had ever made

I fell to my knees and cried with every ounce of my being,

"Father, forgive me!!!!"

All it took was the blinking of an eye

for my jail cell walls to come crumbling down with a marvelous crash

the depths of Hell felt its shaking, and shuddered with hatred for the sound

It knew it had lost

I was swept up into the air, being spun faster and faster

I felt every fear being melted away;

every selfish desire dissolving into nothing;

The sensation of a healing touch caused me to look at my wrists and feet-

I saw the scarred wrists of Jesus;

I saw the scarred feet of Jesus....

Binding and healing my wounds with the same hands that broke off the chains;

With the same loving hands that I nailed to the cross, at Golgotha

The place of the skull

The place where He was crowned as King-

my King-

and won the battle of our minds.

We have naught to do but let Him in-

He conquered, not so we could battle and war our entire lives

but so we could live in victory

and thrive

walking the path he paved for us!

A path filled with earth-shaking love, pouring from our hearts,

which he made into wellsprings of life!

Tears of indescribable, completely humble thankfulness streaked my face

Drawing me into his presence, where I felt for the first time, the fullness of joy

He spoke:

"My child, I LOVE YOU.

It overtakes me with joy that you have chosen to let me love you

and to let yourself love me back...

Will you fight for me?

The battle is already won,

but we must keep hold of what is rightfully ours!

The devil will try to take whatever his claws can grasp

I know it's hard

and yes, your strength will fail you at times...

But I have unending strength I will give you when you are at your weakest-

You will rise up on eagles wings

and have feet like hinds feet on high places

And when you finally come Home,

we will dance the streets of gold together, my child!

Run to me every day

every moment counts

drink deeply of my presence, child.

I love you."

There are no words, not even these, to describe the glory that shone

to describe my fierce loyalty, this insane love, I had never before known

for my Savior

He brought me out of my darkness,

stole me from my deepest gloom

and broke away my chains;

replacing them with an eternal crown,

and a place by his side, forever~