When we fall down, God
is always there to pick us back up.
I heard once from someone that it isn’t what knocks us down
that matters it’s whether we are willing to get back up on our feet. We can
share our wounded stories all we want about what knocked us down but what
really counts is whether we got back up or not.
Too often Satan makes that “knocked” down position appear
good. Been there and done that. The situations in life I had been fighting had
finally got me flat on my back. At the time it felt like a great position to be
in. It felt like a great excuse to stay there and rest and catch a breather. It
was a milestone available to give me a great excuse to quit trying to fight the
situation, give up and let others deal with things.
Wrong! All it was was a false sense of getting some kind of
a rest that wasn’t going to last long nor do me any good in the long run. If I
had listened to Satan’s lie I would have quickly become not only dead weight to
myself but dead weight to God. Think about it, have you ever tried to pick
someone up that didn’t want to be picked up or was totally limp and unable to
help in the process? It’s almost impossible. It can almost be a danger to
yourself and the person you’re trying to pick up if it’s not properly done.
In spite of life’s difficulties we need to not become dead
weight. Pit stops along life’s roads are there to help us to keep going. Quiet
times with God, prayer, reading God’s words are where we find our true rest in
life’s journeys and the ability to travel on. These needed pit stops don’t
prevent us from falling occasionally but they do help us to get back up to
where we need to be. They give us the strength to reach out to God and to take
hold of Him as He reaches out to us with that same mighty hand and outstretched
arm He used to get the Israelites out of Egypt
For sure there are times in all our journeys that we need to
stand still and take a breather before moving forward. Even the Israelites as
they escaped Egypt were told
to stand still at the banks of the Red Sea and
the Lord would fight for them. Next thing God told Moses was, “Why do you cry
to Me? Tell the children of Israel Red Sea
parted in front of them and they had to get up and go before the Egyptian army
caught up with them or stay there and be defeated.
The first statement was to reassure them that things were
going to be okay. The later was to tell them they needed to get back up and get
going again. God doesn’t guarantee us “No falls” in life. What He does promise
is the fact that He will pick us back up when we do fall.
The stories we tell should be the stories of victories
instead of defeats if we are willing to allow God to lift us back up on our
feet. There is no timer we can hold in our hand to see how long it takes God to
pick us back up. There are no trophies for the least amount of falls. Instead
there is a traveling companion in Jesus Christ that cares enough to be there to
prevent, pickup, and preserve us through life’s journeys. Our part is to take
life’s licks standing up and forever be looking for the outstretched hand of
God. It is the very hand that will lead us to eternal victories, smoother
roads, and everlasting peace and rest.
In the meantime, stop and read the road signs along life’s
ways, “Satan can make me trip but he can’t make me fall thanks to God.” “I may
be beaten but never defeated as God gets me back up again.” Back up again, in
Him, thru Him, because of Him. Praise the Lord!
© 2013 Karen J Gillett @ Pencil Marks and Recipes
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