Blog over continuing on: It isn’t in his blood

This week has been one of the worst and most stressful weeks of my life.  While that may be said, I did come to many different conclusions.  

I really thought that I couldn’t continue on.  I thought about giving up on my job and starting over.  However, I do have to say that with the support of many of my friends and family around me, I was able to continue on and feel more strengthened everyday.  

At the end of my week, I was watching a show that had the song by Shawn Mendes called, “In my Blood.” I will be honest that I was not a huge fan of this song for a long time, but I heard it this time, and everything changed.  

After this week, I had, I heard the lyrics, “Sometimes I feel like giving up, but I just can’t.  It isn’t in my blood.” This reminds me that giving up isn’t in my blood. I have never been the one to walk away and completely give up everything.  I am not saying I have never quit anything, but only things that didn’t really matter to me. The things that have truly mattered to me, like this job, my faith, my personality, I can’t give up on.  That isn’t who I am.  

I felt incredibly encouraged for a moment, but then I thought about this lyric on an even deeper level.  When we become Christians, we have a new heart that is pumping out new blood. This blood being the blood of Jesus, not our own. 

  It is not my blood that keeps me going, but rather Jesus’ blood.  2 Corinthians 12:9 describes this well. This says, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.  Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.” That blood that Jesus spilled is running in our veins once we accept him in our lives, and with that brings power, complete and wholesome power; the kind of power that makes you not give up.  

When you are going through a time that makes you feel that you can not make it on, remember whose blood you have running through your veins and your body, and thus whose power you have pushing you onward.  This week brought me down to my knees and made me want to give up, but I have God’s power running in my veins, and therefore I can not give up. It isn’t in his blood.