This is another blog post about the characteristics of Jesus, which is different than how He is portrayed in culture. Today I want to introduce Him as a keeper:

Someone who will carry you through and cause you to endure. 

While I was going through mental suffering, I can honestly say that it was the intimacy with Jesus that has kept me. 

Intimacy with Jesus is like an anchor, one thing that is steady when everything else around you is shaking. In intimacy with Him I found, hope, strength, and the ability to move forwards step by step. 

I will be your God throughout your lifetime until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will carry you. I will carry you along and save you. – Isaiah 46:4

Trials and tribulations are inevitable in this life, whether they take place mentally or in other areas. Furthermore there are numerous examples of people in the bible that went through suffering. One biblical figure I want to highlight in this post is the life of Joseph. This man was a free man and sold into slavery by his own brothers. Later in his life, he was detained as an innocent man. God allowed Joseph to go through a tremendous amount of suffering. However, what is also seen in the story of Joseph is the way God blessed Him in his difficult seasons. The bible says that as a slave and a prisoner, God was with him and allowed everything he did to succeed, favoring him in his difficulties (Genesis 39). Although Joseph went through unfair suffering the Lord carried Him through and caused Him to endure. 

Have you felt imprisoned, because of your mental suffering?

Have you felt like you are not capable to do certain things or to live in a certain way?

When you give your life to Christ, He will keep you through your mental suffering. This will happen in such a way that you’ll look back and question how you kept yourself standing or how you survived certain things. This is one of the benefits of having an intimate relationship with Christ. I don’t know why some people go through mental suffering and others don’t.

However, I do know that Christ will keep you in the midst of it.