Never Lets Go

November 17th 2009 I was working as a leader in the youth group and was participating in a game with everyone. The game first started with the girls. They all sat on the ground and us as strong men had to try our best to pull the girls apart from each other. Once they were apart they were out. Well being the strong guy that I was it was not too hard. So than it was the guys turn and well the girls definitely had a hard time but eventually it got down to just my friend Johnny and I. We had lasted; we were the only guys left. So we locked our legs tightly around each other’s legs like pretzels and with our arms around each other. There were at most 17 girls yanking at us from every way. They finally got our arms pulled apart but our legs never let go. But as my arms were apart I never stopped fighting to bring them back together. I fought and strained to bring them back together with all of my strength. For 15 minutes we clung to each other and refused to let go. Then Pastor Jeffrey Hodge stopped it and declared us the guys the winners. I let go and I’ve never felt so relaxed or satisfied in my life, it was awesome!

Romans 3:23-24 ( NLT )
For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.

The point of the story is that the arms represent us and how we turn our backs on him then after we try our hardest to get back to him. Also how we have and will all fall short of Gods glorious standard. They also represent how we should strive to have an awesome relationship with the Christ Jesus through the trials and tribulations of this world. No matter how hard things are. And when we can’t go any more, the Lord graciously carries us and we feel so relaxed and the most satisfied we’ve ever felt. It’s an awesome feeling. And the last point is that God is the legs, He never lets go.

Are you letting go?