I have spent most of my life on the roller coaster of religion. One day, I am up, the next day, I am down. One day, I am thrilled, the next day I am puking my guts out. I am tired of being on this roller coaster called religion! I want to get off of this ride, and never get back on it.
A lot of people steer clear of this ride in the amusement park of life, by putting God on the back-burner of their mind. They run to and fro, staying as busy as they can, and never slow down to think about God, and their relationship with Him. This is not an option for me.
When I was a kid, I went to church a lot. I got the idea that I had to be good, so that I would not go to Hell, and that I had to be good so that God would bless me. I did not understand God, and how He deals with men and women today. Hence, I was stuck on the roller coaster of religion.
One day, I would be good, so I was excited that I was not going to Hell. The next day, I would be bad, and puke my guts out emotionally, because I was once again on the highway to Hell. One day, I would be good, and think I deserved for God to bless me. The next day, I would be bad, and think that God was surely going to withhold His blessings from me. After 16 years on this emotional roller coaster, I put God on the back-burner.
After I put God on the back-burner, I ended up on the streets doing drugs.
I have been clean for 12 years. Today, I have to keep God at the forefront of my mind, and in control of my every thought and move so that I can keep growing spiritually, because I have seen what I am capable of when I put God on the back-burner. How do I do this without getting trapped on the roller coaster of religion?
I live in the covenant that I have with Yahweh through His Son Yeshua. Today, I understand that God deals with me according to His covenant, and not my behavior.
See, when God chose Abraham, He knew his weaknesses, before He cut covenant with him. This is why God put Abraham in a deep sleep, and walked through the blood alone. God knew that Abraham could not keep the covenant 100% of the time, so He did not make him walk through the blood. If Abraham would have walked through the blood with God, then when he failed, he would have broken the covenant, and he would have to forfeit his life!
The covenant that God cut with Abraham did not depend on Abraham’s faithfulness….it depended on one thing……God’s faithfulness. Likewise, the covenant that God cut with us at the cross does not depend on our faithfulness……..it depends on His faithfulness.
This is real good news, because we are not faithful 100% of the time, but God is! This means that our salvation is secure, and the blessings are ours! This means that we do not have to be good to earn a ticket out of Hell, and we do not have to be good to deserve God’s blessings. This means that we never again have to get on the roller coaster of religion!
The Holy Spirit is in us, and so we strive to be faithful 100% of the time. Nevertheless, we all fall short of that goal everyday. That means you have a choice. You can rest in the fact that God will keep His covenant in spite of your weaknesses, or you can take another ride on the roller coaster of religion.
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