Good Morning Everyone!
I hope you are all doing well this week! My week has been very busy because I am getting prepared to go back to work again! There have been work days, parent meetings, new rules for the new year, etc. Today, I wanted to hop on here and write about a scripture that always encourages me when I am not having a good day. Proverbs 24:16 says, "Though a righteous man seven times, he will get up." Let me ask you a question. Have you ever had those days where it seemed like everything kept going wrong no matter how hard you tried? Did it feel like you just woke up on the wrong side of the bed? Have you had days where it seemed like you would walk into one mess after another and all you could think about was I need to go back to bed and start over again? Let me tell you, I have been there so many times. The Lord showed me this scripture one day and I began pondering what it meant. As I pondered on it for a while, the Lord began to reveal to me what it truly means. Do you want to find out more? If you do, read on to find out how to apply this scripture to your life. Oh and I hope you have your cup of coffee or tea with you.
So let's begin by breaking down the scripture. A righteous man falls seven times, he will get up. Righteous means a person who is in right standing with God. They have a close walk with Him, they repent of their sins all the time, they also try not to sin or fall into temptation. Now what does it mean when a righteous man falls? This means if he falls into temptation, he has sinned against God or man or he has made a poor decision. Now the good news is he will get up. Let me ask you this. Have you ever done something you know you shouldn't have done and instead of going to God and asking for His forgiveness, you end up stewing over what happened and have a pity party? You become so upset over it that fear enters into your heart which makes it harder to come to God. Remember this is what happened when Adam and Eve sinned in the garden. They were told not to eat of a certain tree and Eve was tempted by a serpent who talked her into eating the fruit. Then Adam ate from the fruit also, they looked at each other, saw that they were naked and became full of shame. They were so ashamed, they ran away and hid in the bushes. They made clothes out of the leaves from the trees and when God was calling them and they finally made their appearance, God saw that they had tried to clothe themselves.
Now God knew there was going to be a fall in the garden before it happened, but as soon as He saw them with clothes made out of leaves, He knew what they had done. Of course there were consequences because they disobeyed Him and because they sinned, God made a animal sacrifice and clothed them with animal skins. Now why did God have to make a animal sacrifice? They disobeyed God and because they disobeyed God, blood had to be shed for their sin. There is always a sacrifice that has to be made when we have sinned. Sacrifice means giving up something to something better such as in this case so that their sin could be forgiven. Now because they had sinned, their relationship with God was cut off which means if you sinned against God, you had to bring an animal to be sacrificed.
So you see friends, sin is so costly and we have to renounce it daily. We have to ask for forgiveness daily. We have to become more aware that our sin separates us from God and others. The good news is God sent His only Son to die on the cross for our sins. He was the ultimate sacrifice. He laid down His life for you and I so that we wouldn't perish, but have everlasting life which starts the moment you receive Him as your Lord and Savior. Proverbs 24:16 is a promise that even though the righteous may fall, they will get back up. So when you have sinned or done something you know you shouldn't have done. Don't let fear keep you from coming to God to make things right. You have fallen, but you are going to get back up once you make things right with God again. Don't wait until the "right time." The right time is as soon as you do it and you acknowledge you shouldn't have done it, Go to Him, ask for forgiveness and you will get back up. Don't allow the enemy to lie to you and say oh God won't forgive you. He doesn't love you anymore. If God didn't care or love us, He wouldn't have sent His Son to die for us. He wouldn't have made the ultimate sacrifice for us.
So friends, I want you to be encouraged today. This is a reminder for you today that you can always come to God and make things right. You are righteous by His righteousness not ours. So stop beating yourself up over what you should've done, could've done, would've done. God will give you a fresh start as soon as you come to Him. He will not turn you away, He will help you get back up and get going again. So if you have fallen, dust yourself off, go to the Lord and ask for forgiveness, and keep going. He loves you dear friends and He cares for you. I pray that this blog post has encouraged you and blessed you today. May God bless you and keep you. Until next time!
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