The comic strip character, Joe Btfsplk, created by Al Capp, was the proverbial jinx.  No matter where he went or what he did, disaster was right beside him.  The poor guy even carried a black cloud over his head as a constant reminder of his lot in life.

There are times when we feel like nothing ever goes right for us.  Like Joe, we go through life and everything we touch turns bad, or creates trouble for someone else. When our past sins burden us down,  it’s easy to begin to sense that you are no good to anyone.

God doesn’t look at us that way.  If He did, He would see nothing but a sea of black clouds.  We are all sinners.  No matter what we do we can’t erase the clouds that darken our days.  There is only One who can.

When we face the trials that the world has to throw at us, it’s easy to get caught up in the trap of loneliness, helplessness or fear.  God knows how those emotions drag on us – slowly pulling us toward the father of lies and away from Him.  It is because of His great love for us that He provided an answer to our feelings of depression and unworthiness.
The sacrifices of the Old Testament had only one purpose – to bring God’s people to complete obedience of Him.  None of them ever washed a way a single sin.  The final sacrifice of Jesus as the perfect lamb, is the only One that saves us from that awful curse.

The real jinx on this earth isn’t Joe Btfsplk or you or me.  It’s Satan himself.  If we believe his lies, we soon succumb to the darkness of this world.  If we look to the light of Jesus, the curse will be lifted from our lives.

Galatians 3:13 “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—