The Lowest Hell

Have you ever found yourself in a place where you know you shouldn't have been in the first place only to return again and again? Did you find yourself sinking deeper into the mire of sin, losing your soul to some passing lust? One more encounter. Just one more hit. One last sip. Did you struggle to break free only to resign to a hellish like existence while outwardly appearing as if you have it all together?

No one knows the tormenting thoughts. The memories that mock as if to say, "If only they knew the hideous things you did in the dark." The lies you spun into exciting and attractive stories only to distract people from knowing the truth. The secret places you go for a little relief, an escape from a harsh reality.

Then it all comes crashing down.

You eventually lose control. Too many lies to keep straight. The hidden drinking problem that leads to a horrible car wreck. The wife who discovers something you posted on the internet. You cry out to God but He seems so far away. The only thing you feel is the blast of heat from the hellish torment of being bound by sin and vexed by devils. There seems no way out. You are a captive to your own foolishness.

Beloved, there is a way through and out of the lowest hell. God's mercy is available to those who call out to Him.

Read Psalms 86. A prayer by David who knew something about a hellish nightmare after his sin of adultery and murder. His house was divided and broken. Yet he writes, "For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell (verse 13, KJV).

God is not afraid of your hell, that secret place of torment, where there is no peace. He will walk through the flames to rescue you, dear brother and sister. Stretch out your hands to Him, raise your eyes to the heavens, and ask for His mercy. He will visit you right where you live. Psalms 139:8 says, "If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there" (KJV).

When you invite Him into those darken places, God's presence can only push back the darkness and His light swallows up all the pain, sin and shame. Only because of His presence can the lowest hell become a place of the greatest deliverance and testimony of His mercy to save you to the utmost!