Unstoppable
Resistance
Resist the devil and he will flee from
you.
James 4:7
Lindsay wasn’t your normal sixth
grader. Even now she was planning her Valedictorian address…something
that would, in six more years, come to pass. To this point in her
scholastic career, Lindsay had not missed a single day of school…for
any reason.
She was proud of her unblemished
attendance record. Through childhood diseases and the common cold,
she had pushed herself, not allowing sickness and personal discomfort
to hinder her education…or that shiny record.
But this morning her daddy figured the
streak might be in jeopardy because the face that greeted him was
anything but bright and cheery. Daddy’s little girl looked pasty
white. “Hey, Poodie. Whatsamatter?” he asked in concern.
“I’m okay,” came her brief reply.
“You sick?” he asked, placing his
hand on her forehead to see if she was running a fever.
“No!” she blurted. “I’m fine
and I’m going to school,” she proclaimed. And with that she went
in the bathroom where she quietly forced herself to throw up, getting
rid of the nausea, and got ready for school…something Daddy
wouldn’t find out about for a few years.
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Drastic? Perhaps. Dedicated? Most
definitely! The point is that Lindsay put up more than a casual
resistance to sickness and discomfort in order to reach her goal. She
was determined not to give in to the temptation to stay home.
What a great example of how to approach
today’s text.
Lindsay did not then, nor has she ever
suffered from an eating disorder. Her actions were born out of a deep
desire to achieve a perfect attendance record upon graduation. She
succeeded.
Understanding we will not do it
perfectly, we are to actively pursue holiness…never giving
an inch to the enemy. We are not to give nonchalant lip service to
our temptations.
Paul said in Philippians 3: 12, “I
press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of
me.”
When the enemy
visits you with temptation, let the power of Jesus Christ take hold
of you and press on in unstoppable resistance!
Prayer
“I need Your strength,
Lord Jesus. Take hold of my life and my will and give me the power to
resist the enemy. Amen.”
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