Crutches are a device used for someone to lean on to keep weight off their injured foot, ankle or leg; until it heals. Because the injury will not heal if there’s pressure from trying to walk on it. Spending any time at all on crutches causes your arms to be sore.  Arms are not used to carrying that much weight.

Sometimes we need to lean on something. In the spiritual realm like a crutch. Some people in the natural, they get hurt by somebody and they often turn to alcohol, drugs or whatever to soothe their wounded ego. These things are referred to as crutches.   Causing other things in your life to be out of balance. They end up losing their relationship with their family, all because of the crutches they are leaning on to solve another problem.

We can lean on Jesus when we are hurt, and he only balances our lives.  Some people like to say that Christians just use Jesus as a crutch. Well, I will lean on him any day because I know there will be no side effects. Speaking of crutches, some people turn completely around and turn away from God when something bad happens in their lives.

Look at the children of Israel. God had just performed a huge miracle. They watched the waters part, and the land was dry. It was not damp; it was not wet. They did not walk across in the mud; it says they crossed on dry land. The land had just been covered up by water. I mean, when God does something, he does it fully. He removed the water so much that the land was dry.

They had just witnessed the miracle of God destroying their enemy. When Moses did not come down off the mountain in a day or two like they thought he should, they went back to their old ways. Hey, why don’t we just build a golden calf and dance around naked? What makes people do that? What makes us turn so quickly? God has said time and time and time again. “I will take care of you. I will lead you. I will guide you. I am here for you. I will protect you. I am your provider.” He tells us He is all these things. And yet we still turn around and go build our golden idols.

I got thinking about the modern-day church. You know. The reason so many people fall away from church today, I believe, is that they get bored. If they get bored with the entertainment, they get bored with the same old, same old, same old routine. They leave the house knowing that it is going to be routine. We will have an opening prayer, so, so we’ll testify, this one’s going to sing song 328 out of the hymnal. They will take the offering and the preacher talks for 15 minutes and you’re going to go home. And you are like, why do I even bother going if I know what’s going to happen? We need to let God back into the church.

I can remember as a small child seeing miracles. God has worked many miracles in my life. Yeah, I remember one time, speaking of crutches, my great Uncle Bill had been injured in the mines and had his foot broken. I do not know how many places, I don’t remember. But he came to church on crutches. And he asked for prayer. And the people gathered around him and prayed, and he walked out of there without those crutches. And the doctors could not believe it when he went back, because he had to get a work release. They were like, no, the X-rays showed you had so many broken bones. And he was like, yes, but God healed me. And they were amazed. If people went to church and things like that happened, and they saw these miracles, it is no longer routine.  The presence of God was so strong that all we could do is fall on our faces before God. Then I guarantee church would never be boring, and I guarantee that you would not be wanting to build your golden calf. We would not want to stay home and watch a football game, or we would not want to stay home and watch a soap opera or a movie. We would rather be in the House of God.

Ask yourself who or what you are leaning on. Because every day we have a choice, I choose Jesus.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS.