So you have come up against a dead end. All efforts seem to have come to zero. What now?
First of all, it almost seems to be a rule of life that one come up against the insurmountable if he is to ever amount to much! There seems to be time in life for most successful people that they have had to do the impossible before the possible.
You are in good company. Laban tried to cheat Jacob out of his labor, then Jacob has to face an angry, powerful Esau when he went back to Palestine. But he made it.
Joseph, unlike his father, never knowingly did anything to deserve being sold into slavery, nor did he deserve being thrown in prison, but, ultimately he triumphed as the prime minster.
Moses at age forty goofed it big and was chased as he fled the palace of Egypt to live on the back side of Sinai herding sheep as his wife's husband. But, it was also moses who returned and led God's people out of bondage of Egypt.
David was annointed to be king over Israel while still a boy. But, instead of becoming king, he was chased by Saul out over the Judean hills like a wild partridge for 20 years. He almost despaired of life, let alone becoming king. But, in God's good time he was literally placed on the throne without so much as lifting a finger!
Peter. Ah, Peter! he was so far down he could only look up after denying Jesus. Then how about Naomi and Ruth? Ruth, the little pagan took the quiet meek role to eternal fame. Cheer up! Any direction is up when you are on your back! BL
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