ised to never leave us nor forsake us (Hebrews
13:5, NKJV).” He also told us to count it all joy
when we fall into divers temptations (James
1:2, NKJV).”
As we extract the word “temptations,”
from the previous biblical quote, I ask you
what is it you are being tempted by at this
moment that would make you not want to
get back up after a fall? Surely all of us have
fallen in some area of our lives and it would
appear that it would be so much easier to stay
down but we must get back up! Yes, get back
up despite the feeling of apathy, get back up
despite the depression, get back up despite
the “naysayers,” get back up despite the lies
the devil is telling you, get back up despite
your own negative talk and the things you say
to yourself that have hindered you in the past.
Whatever you do, just don’t stay motionless.
Move!
Yes, Move! Be like the four men with
leprosy indicated in the Bible. They were in
a dilemma, they were hungry and they had
a skin condition that was contagious but
despite all of their problems, they knew that
they couldn’t remain in the state that they
were in i.e. “Why should we sit here waiting to
die?” We will starve if we stay here, but with
the famine in the city, we will starve if we go
back there. So we might as well go out and
surrender to the Armean army. If they let us
live, so much the better. But if they kill us, we
would have died anyway (II Kings 7:3, 4, NLT).”
You have heard the expression “nothing from
nothing leaves nothing!” You can’t expect anything if you don’t do something! I would much
rather be found doing something than nothing
at all and that was the mentality of the leprous
men. So, we can’t allow our circumstances to
paralyze us and make us fearful. Irrespective
of it all, we must move in faith believing as
the word of God indicated that “Faith without
good deeds is useless (James 2:20, NLT).” We
need both in operation in order to produce
the desired results.
So tell yourself, I will arise. I will arise
because “Greater is he that is in me than
he that is in the world (I John 4:4, NKJV).” I
will arise because “Blessed is the man that
endureth temptation for when he it tried, he
shall receive the crown of life that the Lord
has promised to those that love him (James
1:12, NKJV),” I will arise because “Weeping
may endureth for a night but joy comes in
the morning (Psalms 30:5, NKJV),” I will arise
because ”Those that sow in tears shall reap
in joy (Psalms 126:5, NKJV)” and I will arise
because Jesus expressively states “I come that
they might have life and that more abundantly
(John 10:10, NKJV).”
In conclusion, I implore you to keep
your eyes on “Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith (Hebrews 12:2,
NLT).” God has the last say so regarding the
course that you take in life and remember that
it doesn’t matter how you start but how you
finish and even though we may encounter falls
and obstacles in life along the way, remember
this biblical citation “Do not rejoice over me,
my enemy; when I fall, I will arise; when I sit in
darkness, the Lord will be a light to me (Micah
7:8, NKJV).”
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