RESILIENT( Adj.)
1. Springing back into shape or positon; elastic
2. Recovering strenght, spirits; quickly
Psalms 136:23
He remembered us in our weakness. His faithful love endures forever.
He saved us from our enemies. His faithful love endures forever.
I failed. I stumbled. I struggled. I surrender. I QUIT. I've been hearing this a lot from people, leaders, disciples, and even me is not exempted. In our walked in Christ it doesn't give us the promise of smooth-sailing journey but there will be big waves that would sometimes test our faith. But he surely promised Us that He will never leave us and forsake us.
Mark 4:39... " Silence and be still!"
What if you stumble and all eyes are on you? How will you deal with it?
Difinitely the best thing to do is to be Resilient. Yes, you did stumble, but stand up, shake the dust off, and move on. It's a waste of time to mingle with your failure and regrets and never think of what to do next after you fall. We are not to mingle with it but we must fight and stand before it.
The time that Jesus was carrying the cross to the calvary, we could imagine how many times he stumbled and fell off. But He was so determined to stand and pursue it until the end; He finished the race to the calvary and brought salvation once and for all. He perfectly modeled Resiliency.
REMINDER
We are created according to God's image. And together with His image is His character that we also posses . Resilience is just one of those characters.
Scenario of Jesus life where He showed Resiliency.
Luke 9:18 One day Jesus left the crowd to pray alone...
This happened after Jesus did the feeding of five thousand people. Perhaps He was worn out dealing the different needs of each people coming to Him. Even Jesus recognize in himself that only through coming to His father He can regain His strenght.
God made us fighter not a quitter; winners not loosers. As he breathed His breath of life to us, we recieved that spirit of resiliency.
" the only way to go when we are down is to go up."
Quickly do it! " do not cry over a spilled milk." Don't spend your whole life being overwhelmed with regrets and dissapointments. Blaming yourself or even others, reminiscing the past and caressing your wounded heart. Our wounds are meant to heal. God is so loving and merciful. He can't allow His children suffer so much beyond their ability. Stand up! shake off the dust! bounce back! and finish the race.
We may stumble along the way but God will make us strong and courageous. I can imagine how God would loudly cheer us through His word to keep the faith and pull it off. We can claim so many cheerful words from Him.
Phillipians3:14 Press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called you heavenward in Christ Jesus.
This is just one of the thousand cheers everyrtime we fall.
What are we waiting for?
Stand up and take back what satan has stolen from you. Strike back more than how you did before.
We can do all things through Christ who gives us Strenght! AJA!
