Never should have made it
Written by: Kathy Curry
NOTABLE QUOTE –
“ If I could Hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me”…Robert Murray McCheyne
As I sit here in my truck in Columbus, GA and wait for my husband, I have the radio tuned to 100.7, a continuous gospel station. They are playing Marvin Sapp singing, Never Would Have Made It. I didn’t have to tell you that, did I? EVERYday if I am in the truck for more than 30 mins, I will invariably hear this song. I love the song. But one station playing the same song two to three times a day??? Is that fair to all the other artists longing to hear their song played just once a week?
Why is it that Pastor Marvin Sapp gets so much play and air time? What is it about Pastor Marvin Sapp that offers him the privilege of singing on the much publicized award shows? And why did the audience respond to him more than all the other guests? Well, as much as I love him, I can’t say it is because he is the best singer. Let’s be honest, the song begins with him literally screaming: Never Would Have Made It. But guess what? I have walked through my house screaming the same thing! I believe the reason this particular song is what it is, is because Pastor Sapp speaks for us all!
Life is soooooo hard. Relationships are hard. Jobs are hard. Finances are lean. People are losing homes. Friends and loved ones are dying. Life is rough and every truthful Christian must admit to hard times, at least every now and then.
And honestly, there are times when, by no fault of our own, the hard times definitely outweigh the good times. And just when you think it can’t get worse, it does! The question of how you are going to make it through becomes ongoing. There seems to be no way out. Instead of having a breather between crises, they just keep coming. Back to back issues, one right after another. It’s painful and exhausting.
Then one day, without notice, you realize, the struggle is over! The pain has subsided. The issue glaring you in the face has faded into the background. You can breath. Funny thing, you did nothing to lessen the problem. You just gritted your teeth, held on, and went through it. There is no logical explanation as to how you made it through it. But you did and now you feel great! You feel stronger. You feel wiser. You feel better… so much better. When you look back you have to realize the only one that could have brought you through it was God. Ding, ding, ding! The reality is, you never would have made it without Him. Pastor Sapp knew that and sings to the very core of humanity and Christianity when he declares; he never would have made it without God.
Might I admit, every time I get in my truck and tune in to 100.7, continuous gospel, I not only look forward to hearing Pastor Sapp serenade me, I feel like my day is incomplete without it. I am sorry for all the other artists who don’t’ get their fair share of air time but right now, this day, this time, in this world, we need to hear somebody speak for us all and tell our sweet Lord, we Never Would Have Made It Without Him!
May 31st, 2008 at 8:40 am
I was at an amusement park last weekend, Carowinds, and heard Marvin Sapp sing “Never would have made it” in person. It was fantastic and there was real anointing and the spirit of the Lord there. I watched him sing “I come to the garden” and basically serenade us with the majority of the 13,000 they said were there sitting. All of a sudden when the audience heard those 5 magical words, “Never would have made it” I saw with my own eyes thousands of people stand with hands lifted in agreement with the words to this song., AND IT BLESSED OUR SOULS TREMENDOUSLY! Marvin Sapp came back on stage to the far left and stayed to listen to Tye Tribett, J Moss, and Fred Hammond. I think this speaks VOLUMES to what kind of spirit Marvin has. He stood, raised his hand, and praised the Lord with the other 3 artists and THEN to our delight while Fred was talking he honored him for still being there and later walked over and got him to sing a chorus with him (Fred) of “How great is our God”. WE WENT INTO STRAIGHT WORSHIP THEN!!! Fred commented during his talking about Marvin that sometimes God just uses a song to be anointed to bless people everywhere therefore, the song is just that anointed and blesses folk everywhere all the time!
June 29th, 2008 at 11:40 am
It seems as though I’m going through some of those tough times right now. The only thing I can do is pray and keep pushing.
June 29th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Tom, keep pushing! Matter of fact, P.U.S.H. (pray until something happens!) I am a repeat witness, you will make it through. You won’t know how you made it through. You won’t know when you made it thourgh. You won’t know why you made it through. You will look down at yourself and pinch yourself and realize you are no worse for the wear. But you will know who brought you through and will you know, you never will have made it without God! Keep pushing!
June 30th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Wanna know what life is? Life is what happens to you after you’ve planned everything.
I guess hard is relative to what time frame you’re in. For example the early Christians were homesless, beaten, killed etc. Imagine living under Saddam.
Anybody here living without A.C? Anybody’s fridge empty? Your house been broke into by the police, your family dragged outside and shot?
Paul called our problems “light afflictions.” I think everything is how one wants to view it. The bible is right on it. We are just like the children in the wilderness…never able to see the promise because of our flesh. I’m just as stuck in my situation as anybody. Don’t like it at all. Trying to figure it out and all I get is nothing.
I really thing that fasting is the solution…but that’s just more suffering…….I think the slution is to suck it up, take it like saved man/woman and wait on our change……
Maybe things ain’t as bad as we think they are… Maybe it’s our dislike for inconviences
March 6th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Minister Marvin Sapp’s Song Never would have made it, speaks directly to my life situation. I have been through some up hill ,down hill battles, the boat was rocking so hard but I held on, I am never determined like this before to keep holding on and let the Lord of the universe take care. I never would have made it without Jesus, this song speaks Power to my mind. I think this was written for me, because all that I have been through is in this song. Oh how I love this song.
Blessings, Blessings, Blessings,
sis in Christ, Toronto Canada
March 7th, 2009 at 12:19 am
Hi Marie, welcome to 7DayBuzz. I couldn’t agree with you more about this song – it ministers to you at just the right time, and soothes your soul in all those areas where you need peace. This song is one of my all time favorites.
January 7th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
I heard that he was quite keen do a Eastenders cameo lmao. do you know if this is true? There’s a part of me that kind of hopes this is true lol.