Episode 176
Have You Felt Like Giving up Lately? | David Wilkerson
Pastor David Wilkerson addresses believers who are experiencing deep despair and considering giving up, showing that even the most righteous people in Scripture went through similar struggles.
Main Ideas:
• Even righteous, godly people like Job, Jeremiah, Elijah, and Paul the Apostle experienced periods of deep despair where they wanted to give up or die
• Job, despite being called perfect and upright by God, suffered so greatly that he wished he had never been born and wanted God to end his life
• Elijah, after great victories like calling down fire from heaven, fell into a 40-day depression hiding in a cave, feeling like a total failure
• Paul the Apostle, despite his revelations and miracles, experienced trouble in Asia that pressed him beyond his strength until he "despaired even of life"
• The solution is to cry out to God with everything you have, hold onto his promises in Scripture, and trust the Holy Spirit within you to make a way out
God promises to hear and deliver those who call upon him, and believers should reject fear and trust in his faithfulness.
