Ever want to quit—relationship, job, church—but the Holy Spirit wouldn’t let you?
Even though it would be easier to walk.
Even though you were wronged.
Even though it hurts to stay.
Maybe the marriage is not all you dreamed it would be.
Maybe the job is not what it was promised to be.
Maybe the church really is filled with hypocrites.
But for some reason, God will not let you quit.
So what do you do? Stay or walk? Go for it on 4th and 20 or punt? Fight on or tapout? All in or fold?
What do you do when everything in you says to quit, but some faint, barely discernible, still, quite voice says to hang in there?
If you ever feel like that, I suggest you read the Christmas story.
The one in Matthew 1:18–25.
Summary. A man discovers his fiancé is pregnant. The baby is not his. She claims it is God’s. Yea, right. I’m out of here. He wasn’t bitter or vindictive. Just hurt. Confused. And moving on with his life. But while he was sleeping, God sent an angel to tell him that the baby really was from God, and he better not quit.
I’m sure he still had questions. And doubts. And pain. But he stayed. He went for it. All in.
“When he woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded.” (v. 24)
Same question as before: ever wanna quit—relationship, job, church—but the Holy Spirit says not to?
We all have.
Aren’t you glad you listened to him?