Living When Things Come Apart

Living when things come Apart.

By

Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr.

OPENING: - The other day I was getting ready for work, and I grabbed a pair of pants and as I was putting them on, I noticed the hem on one of the cuffs had begun to unravel and part of my pant leg was hanging down. I was trying to fix it by tucking it up, but it just kept coming down. I even tried man’s all-purpose fix it remedy Duct Tape trying to hold it up but that didn’t work either and I wasn’t going to wake my wife up at 5:45 in the morning to sew the hem in my pants, so I decided to move on, I chose to wear something different after things had come apart and I just picked out another pair of pants. Then I began to think about life and God began to deal with me and placed in my spirit this how do we handle living when things are coming apart.

Living when things are coming apart.

PRAYER: -

SCRIPTURE: - Psalm 46:1-3 “1-3 says, God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

I like the book of Psalms because as I once heard Psalm is the anatomy of the soul. The Psalms are honest and true, they put a voice and a verse to what we are often feeling. They say the things that deal with the difficult emotions in our lives. The Psalms ask the questions that we often feel but are afraid to ask or have been taught that we should not ask, like God is intimidated or stupefied by our questions. Understanding - God is not in Heaven scratching His head or biting His nails talking about why are they asking me that.

The Psalms speak our true emotions like Psalms 10:1 “Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble” or Psalms 22:1-2 “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent” or Psalms 59:5 “O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors”. Now we can all say that at some point in life we felt this way and wanted to ask these questions of God. Because there are times in life when situations arise that cause us to feel this way.

Understand there are times when we are not on the mountain top saying Hallelujah but are in the valley saying how long Lord do I have to go through this stuff. However, Psalms 46 is as C.H. Spurgeon once said a song of Holy confidence because even when everything seems to be coming apart we understand that God is in control.

However, before we get to understanding that we must understand and admit that sometimes in life there are some battles that cannot be won, some loneliness that cannot be comforted, some wishes that will never come true. There will be relationships that get messed up, jobs that will end without cause, failures that will haunt you, pastors there will be people that walk out on you after you have invested in them for years and as long as you live there will be people that you know and that are close to you that will die and during those times, life will seem to come apart, fear, hopelessness, depression, anxiety, emptiness and loneliness will seem to be your closest companion. You will cry, pace the floor, loose sleep and even pray like Psalms 55 “Give ear to my prayer O God, and hide not thyself from my supplication. My heart is sore pained within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. Oh that I had wings like a dove for then I would fly away and be at rest”, but I don’t have wings and I can’t just go away – so how do I live when things come apart.

Let me say there is one thing you must understand when everything comes apart, when the world seems to be turned upside down, when it seems as though the gates of Hell have come against you understand God and His Word will never come apart. Regardless of how you may feel, regardless of how hopeless life may seem, regardless of how dark and gloomy your situation may be God is in control, His Word is true, and in all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.