"I HIT HIM OVER THE HEAD"

"Though a righteous man falls seven times, He shall rise again..." (Proverbs 24:16)

Proverbs 24 “…they rise again,”

We are promised that even if we fall we will rise again.  Resilience is a particular trait of the godly because of our great hope in Jesus and in the Father’s plan for us. We know that we are shaped and refined by trial, so not only do we accept it, we thank God for anything that helps us to grow in our likeness of him. Also, this gives a clue to our ultimate triumph when Christ returns and the dead in Christ will rise to “meet him in the air” (1 Thes 4:16).

Sports Illustrated writer Jeannette Bruce once spent two-and-a-half years taking judo lessons, progressing steadily through the entire spectrum of self-defense "belts."

"On one rainy night," she said, "it all seemed worthwhile. The thing every judo student dreams of happened to me. I was walking down Sixth Avenue about 9:00 p.m. when a man stepped out of a dark doorway and tried to snatch my purse. How prepared I should have been, how ready to smash him to the pavement with a flourishing foot sweep!"

"Instead ... I hit him over the head with my umbrella!"

I suppose most of us can identify with Jeanette in some way. We get a great opportunity to do something worthwhile and blow it by doing or saying something stupid. Or when faced with temptation, we know how to resist the enemy because we know all the right Bible verses to fend for ourselves. 

However, instead of putting on the "whole armor of God," we seek to overcome in our own strength - and fail miserably.

However, when we do fail, the important thing is to get up, learn from our mistakes, and go on having learned to put our trust in God in every situation in which we find ourselves.

Suggested prayer: 

"Dear God, thank you that when I stumble and fall, you do not condemn me but reach out to help me get back on my feet again. In every failure please help me to learn from my mistakes, get up, and, trusting in you, go on. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen."

By Dick Innes

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