Dead Men in Desolate Places

Nikki Sixx, the bass player for Motley Crue, came out with an album in 2006 called "The Heroin Diaries". Most of the songs are autobiographical but one of the songs called "Life is Beautiful" states "there's nothing like a funeral to make me feel alive". The chorus goes on to say "Just open your eyes, just open your eyes and see that life is beautiful".

It's interesting because the prophet Isaiah preached an identical message except his was not lyrics. It was prophetical. "We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes; We stumble at noonday as at twilight; We are as dead men in desolate places." (Isaiah 59:10) Was Isaiah preaching to a group of heroin addicts, to Nikki Sixx, or was he speaking to a blind world entrenched with obstacles?

Our vision maybe 20/20 or... not so much... but most of us do not have to walk around with a cane or a k-9 to guide us. However, if we take a good look at our hearts... we too are groping at walls... We are blinded by fears, control, grudges, anger, frustration, and anxiety. We are spiritually blind.

Spiritual blindness can be crippling and will lead us to the "desolate places" not only in the "real world" but deep in our hearts. I always talk about the heart because it is literally the truest glimpse of a person's being. An evil heart is almost always revealed or uncovered. Our heart is something we can work on repairing. When our heart changes, so does our actions. Joyce Meyer tweeted today "Whats on the inside will eventually surface to the outside".

There is no reason to walk around empty in our hearts. There is no reason to feel alone. Despite what we may believe, we have a hope folks. We are not too bad, too evil, too angry... to be loved by a God that has been there for us in so many of our desolate places... that we have found ourselves in... We have veered off the track... into some of the darkest realms of reality... yet He is still there.. we have been abandoned by families and friends.. yet He is there... we have been bound and chained to a drink, a drug, a lover... Yet God meets us there...

We have managed to find every difficult trail..but we are NOT dead men in desolate places... we are living breathing men and women who all... once were blind..... but now... we see....

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