Why is it that each time after
someone committed suicide, people would say, "Rest in peace. XXX is in
heaven with Jesus now, free of pain, depression and anxiety"?
Do we make a distinction between
natural death versus the intentional act of self-destruction through suicide?
Are we emotional Christians who speak
as one of the foolish women speaks, like Job’s wife? Shall we indeed accept
good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” (Job 2:10)
God is Spirit, and those who worship
Him must worship in spirit and truth (John 4:24).
Do we worship God in spirit and truth
or do we worship Him in emotions and walk by sight?
Are the principalities and powers behind
depression and anxiety enemies that cannot be defeated or is God not
omnipotent?
These 3 months have been gruelling.
But it is during this time that I find God so near. My tears became my food but
still I chose God. I chose God because He is faithful. He has always proven
Himself faithful. God is near because I drew near to him.
“Draw near to God and He will draw
near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you
double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to
mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble
yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up” (James 4:8-10)
We know God gives us life and only He
can take away this life.
"I call heaven and earth as
witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death,
blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants
may live; that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and
that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your
days..." (Deuteronomy 30)
The Spirit of God has made me, and
the breath of the Almighty gives me life (Job 33:4).
Elijah was definitely suicidal when
he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life,
for I am no better than my fathers!”
Then as he lay and slept under a
broom tree, suddenly an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat.” Then
he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water.
So he ate and drank, and lay down again. And the angel of the Lord came back
the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey
is too great for you.” So he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the
strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain
of God.
God spoke to him in a still small
voice, gave him a new commission, and pointed out his faulty beliefs that he
alone was zealous for the LORD, he alone was left, he was totally helpless as the
enemies sought his life. The LORD said, “Yet I have reserved seven thousand in
Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not
kissed him.” (1 Kings 19:1-18)
First, make sure we eat, drink and
sleep well during times of crisis. Without taking care of ourselves physically,
we cannot function well mentally, emotionally, socially and spiritually.
Then, is our spirit alive, under the
authority and guidance of the Holy Spirit? Is our spirit cooperative with God?
Do we really believe Jesus and walk
by faith, not by sight when He said, “In the world you will have tribulation;
but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)
Is God Lord of ALL? If He is not,
then He is not God at all.
Do all these words sound like cliché
or are they life-giving?
Is it a case of “you are special, you
are victorious in Christ” but I’m not?
Who is talking to you at this moment?
If it’s God, why not His word?
If it’s the voice of the thief, do
you not know that,
“The thief does not come except to
steal, and to kill, and to destroy. Jesus came that we may have life, and
that we may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10)
We don’t commit suicide. We choose
life. That’s a command from God.
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