Daily Devotions--Rolling with the punches When you are doing your best to serve the Lord......When you start seeing an increase in lost people getting saved.......When the church starts growing, The devil gets very upset. The devil cant punch God, so he punches at Gods children. The devil goes into attack mode and he is very good at what he does. “Rolling with the punches”--an idiom meaning to patiently take what is sent your way. When life comes at us full force, and everything seems to be helter-skelter, we usually strike out in anger. A thought, or deed, done in anger is usually the wrong way to handle a situation. Phli. 4:5 says, “Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.” Man reacts to disasters in four ways: 1. Anger, as already stated. An urge to “fight back” at others. 2. Frustration (Usually from unexpected tragedies) The “Why me” attitude. Self pity; downcast, or crying. 3. Bitterness (The worst reaction of all) Looks for someone--something to blame. 4. Roll with the punches. The proper way to handle a threat. In life, you can expect to be “hit” sometimes, it is inevitable. Don’t stay down; get up and go again. In so doing, you beat the tragedy, you win! This is the proper way to handle it. 2 Cor. 4:8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 12:43:39 +0000