“I had to hit rock bottom to find out that Jesus is the rock who is at the bottom.”

Reading a testimonial about the transformative power of Christ recently, this line jumped off the page. It feels close to “rock bottom” these days – can we scratch and claw our way through the chaos and darkness enough to reveal the Solid Rock, the One Foundation Who has been there all along?

There is so much hurt, distress, pain, confusion, anger, frustration, illness, distraction, finger pointing… in relationships, in marriages, in friendships, in families, in communities, in workplaces, in churches… it’s not new. These days it’s elevated and visible in photos and videos, in news feed comments and sound bites.

You put on the mind of whatever is pulling the most of your attention. If these are the things consuming and darkening your thoughts, that is all that will come out of you. When the “bucket” gets kicked over, what pours out? What are you filling your life with? Realize that when whatever it is fills you up, that’s what will overflow into all other areas of your life.

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” Ephesians 6:12

Can you see who is working to hold you captive? Satan wants to have you and he is pulling your attention every way he can. He wants you to believe your battle is against your spouse, your friend, your neighbor, your coworker, your political leaders, and anything else he can get a hold of. He wants to bury you under all of it, cover you in the darkness, and keep heaping lies and hurts on you to hold you down. Can you clear it all away? Can you get out from under the piles and the clutter and the noise?