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'Let's not get tired of doing what is good ...' Galatians 6:9
There's a legend about a soldier being court-martialled before Alexander the Great. Thinking it was all a case of mistaken identity, the soldier asked to appeal it. The conqueror informed him that there was no one he could plead his case higher than him. 'In that case,' the soldier replied, 'I appeal my case from Alexander the Small, to Alexander the Great!'
In each of us there is a lesser self and a greater self struggling for supremacy. Your lesser self says, 'Not enough people believe in me. I'll never make it!' Your greater self says, 'My faith in God and His power in me is enough; I can make it.'
Your lesser self says, 'It's taking too long!' Your greater self says, 'Dreams don't come about like a fairy-tale, but the wait will be so worth it.' Your lesser self says, 'Enough is enough! I've taken too many smackdowns.' Your greater self says, 'I've come too far to go back now.' Your lesser self says, 'I don't have the strength to hold on...' Your greater self says, 'Keep on keeping on!
You'll look back and wonder why you ever doubted.' After being shipwrecked, stoned, imprisoned, betrayed, hungry, thirsty, sleepless, cold and naked, Paul found it within himself to keep going (2 Corinthians 11:29 NKJV).
Where does that kind of strength come from? God! The assignment God gives you will never be greater than the grace He provides. So draw on His strength, fight through for God and with God.
What now? When you're knocked back or put down, read up on what God has to say about it: Ephesians 4:32, Romans 12:19, Matthew 5:44, Matthew 11:28-30, 1 Thessalonians 5:16, Isaiah 43:2 are a few examples, but have a look for yourself!
written by Bob Gass
'Let's not get tired of doing what is good ...' Galatians 6:9
There's a legend about a soldier being court-martialled before Alexander the Great. Thinking it was all a case of mistaken identity, the soldier asked to appeal it. The conqueror informed him that there was no one he could plead his case higher than him. 'In that case,' the soldier replied, 'I appeal my case from Alexander the Small, to Alexander the Great!'
In each of us there is a lesser self and a greater self struggling for supremacy. Your lesser self says, 'Not enough people believe in me. I'll never make it!' Your greater self says, 'My faith in God and His power in me is enough; I can make it.'
Your lesser self says, 'It's taking too long!' Your greater self says, 'Dreams don't come about like a fairy-tale, but the wait will be so worth it.' Your lesser self says, 'Enough is enough! I've taken too many smackdowns.' Your greater self says, 'I've come too far to go back now.' Your lesser self says, 'I don't have the strength to hold on...' Your greater self says, 'Keep on keeping on!
You'll look back and wonder why you ever doubted.' After being shipwrecked, stoned, imprisoned, betrayed, hungry, thirsty, sleepless, cold and naked, Paul found it within himself to keep going (2 Corinthians 11:29 NKJV).
Where does that kind of strength come from? God! The assignment God gives you will never be greater than the grace He provides. So draw on His strength, fight through for God and with God.
What now? When you're knocked back or put down, read up on what God has to say about it: Ephesians 4:32, Romans 12:19, Matthew 5:44, Matthew 11:28-30, 1 Thessalonians 5:16, Isaiah 43:2 are a few examples, but have a look for yourself!
written by Bob Gass
