About to Fall

Isn't everyone pretending they're alright
Isn't everyone about to fall
Isn't everyone playing beautiful tonight
Isn't everyone about to fall
We're all playing beautiful
But we're about to fall


True, isn't it? This song, About to Fall by The Wrecking, played over and over in my head last Tuesday night.

I was sitting on a stool in my church's sanctuary, along with six others. We had gotten together that night to merely worship our Father; to lift praise up to Him and bring focus to Him. Our pastor was among us, and he started off by asking each of us how we got to the point where we could worship--and do so in pure love. The responses amazed me.

Each one there shared a story about their faith. Some talked about growing up in the church but recently making decisions for Christ while others shared the pain they'd gone through apart from the church. Some had been involved in the church but had pushed God away, unable to see past their pain to the loving God waiting for them. But each person, myself included, had something in common: Struggles. Pain. Questions. Among the things shared were depression, anxiety, lying, cheating, and tears.

It really got me thinking. How many people do I talk to every day that are harboring their fears, their pains, their struggles? How many people have avoided facing these things? And what really struck me was that everyone is about to fall. Satan has so distorted this world, and he seeks to harm us in any- and every way. He desires our ruin, especially the ruin of us Christians.

Thankfully, in John 16:33, Jesus gives us encouragement and comfort:

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

We all are indeed about to fall. We all need a Savior, Someone to rescue us. We all need the love of our Father, that we may experience that love and then in turn love others.