In the end... Rocky wins!

I don't seem to have any original thoughts to blog about as of late so I am just going steal from someone else today.

There are times in my life...and I have often said this to Jeff...where I can NOT seem to pick myself up from one "blow" before I am kicked in the teeth yet again. It is like a scene from ROCKY where he is just being pounded on...blow after blow...and blood and sweat and spit are just FLYING all over the place. Apollo Creed HAS NO MERCY!!! And it all occurs in slow motion.

As I was reading a devotional from Charles Spurgeon this morning I was pleased to find out that I am not the only one who suffers from this "syndrome".

So..because Charles was MUCH better with words than I...I leave you with this.


Deliverance Not Limited

He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. (Job 5:19)

Eliphaz in this spoke the truth of God. We may have as many troubles as the workdays of the week, but the God who worked on those six days will work for us till our deliverance is complete. We shall rest with Him and in Him on our Sabbath. The rapid succession of trials is one of the sorest tests of faith. Before we have recovered from one blow it is followed by another and another till we are staggered. Still, the equally quick succession of deliverances is exceedingly cheering. New songs are rung out upon the anvil by the hammer of affliction, till we see in the spiritual world the antitype of "the Harmonious Blacksmith." Our confidence is that when the Lord makes our trials six, six they will be and no more.

It may be that we have no rest day, for seamen troubles come upon us. What then? "In seven there shall be no evil touch thee." Evil may roar at us, but it shall be kept at more than arm's length and shall not even touch us. Its hot breath may distress us, but its little finger cannot be laid upon us.

With our loins girt about us, we will meet the six or the seven troubles and leave fear to those who have no Father, no Savior, and no Sanctifier.