Get Up & Get Going

My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
2 Corinthians 12:9

The theme of Christianity is rising again! Regardless of what tripped you, allow God's power to lift you today and put you back on your feet again. People who never experience failure are often people who don't do anything. There's a certain safety in being dormant. Nothing's won, but nothing's lost. Personally, I'd rather walk on water with Jesus. I'd rather nearly drown and have to be saved, than to play it safe and never know His power.

If you intend to accomplish anything for God, then learn to react to adversity like yeast. When the heat is on, it rises! The hotter it gets, the more it rises. God will set you in uncomfortable places so you can rise. Look at the children of Israel in Egypt. The more the enemy afflicted them, the more they grew. The bad times often do more to strengthen us than all our mountain top experiences put together.

So you fell again! Get up again! If a baby had to learn to walk without falling, he'd never walk. He learns as much from falling as he does from his first wobbly steps. If things don't work one way, try another. You'd be surprised how many people never focus on a goal. They do several things haphazardly, but they never discover how forceful they could be if they ever decided to commit themselves totally to a cause. The difference between the masterful and the mediocre is a focused effort.

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