IS IT WORTH IT?
Today's reading: Isaiah 56-61

The evangelist at last night's revival service spoke about the woman with the issue of blood, found in Luke 8.

He re-counted what I knew: she had been sick a long time, she had spent all her money on doctors and remedies, she was worse off than before, she was told about a man named Jesus, she determined to touch His robe.

What the speaker brought to my attention was the fact that this gal had to have used her very last ounce of strength and hope to get through the throngs of people.

She counted the costs.

She determined in her heart.

She set out with a purpose.

She decided it was worth it.

And then this morning, I read...

"Listen the Lord is not too weak to save you, and he is not becoming deaf. He can hear you when you call. But there is a problem--your sins have cut you off from God. Because of your sin, he has turned away from you and will not listen anymore." Isaiah 59:1-2 NLT

I can apply some of the same principles from last night's exhortation to this morning's verse...

Is holding on to my sin, even the ones I truly believe I have a right to hold, worth it?

Is being separated from God, because of what I hold in my heart, worth Him not hearing my prayers--the ones for myself, the ones for my child, the ones for my family, the ones for my church, the ones for the lost and dying in the world?

I am a woman with an issue--have I decided my sins are worth distancing myself from God?