Day 6 - Indomitable Spirit - Daily Inspirational Verses from Real Life

Psalm 18:32-34 - (NIV1984)

"It is God who arms me with  strength and makes my way  Perfect.

He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights.

He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze."

Everyday of my life in boy scouts, ROTC, and in every leadership course in business and martial arts, I learned that I had to pull myself up by my bootstraps.  That it was up to me, and failure was not an option.  That perseverance is a mind set, and act of will.

And that is 100% true, perseverance is a mind set, and act of will.

But then a pastor pointed out to me that two of the "Tenets of Tang Soo Do," one of the martial arts my family practices, had two attitudes dealing with the path of my life.  Perseverance was the first word and the last was Indomitable Spirit. He told me that Indomitable Spirit was NOT an act of will, but rather the result of recognizing that I my path was made straight by the Lord, and that I could not lose, if it was on his path that I walked. That when I failed, I had absolute certainty that I had only failed, not lost, because standing with me, in front of me, and all around me, was God, making my path his path.

Just to make sure you know that this verse in not all about spiritual growth, and really about the real world, it goes on to tell you that he will grow and guide you Physically.

If you are his, and you know it, your strength can be multiplied by Indomitable Spirit, if you just stand up and claim it.

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Day 2 - Daily Inspirational Verses from Real Life

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Isaiah 41:10 (NIV1984) - "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.I will strengthen you and help you;I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

Like a mother calming a child when they have been sick all night, God reaches out with calming words, for whatever evil has entered your life, and  says, It's Ok, I am right here beside you.

That's the per verbal Silver Lining in the clouds.  God is Always there.  Always.  Not just in the neighborhood, but right there with You.  No matter how dark it looks.  Kinda like finding waldo; you know God is there.   All you have to do is look.  

Most of the time, that is enough to slow my heart rate.  God is near, but not just near, right beside me; for me, only me, as if I am his favorite child.  Wow.  I am, at the moment I need it most, the only person in the world that matters to God, and he has come to be with ME!

Just to make sure I understand, he says it again, but makes it stronger ....  I am YOUR God.  My God.  My Father.  Beside me. Wow. Wow.

It gets better from an already unbelievable awesome place.  He then promises me to make ME stronger.  Not just him stepping in to fight the battle, but he will make me stronger, so I can stand with him, with my own dignity.  Totally unnecessary, but he does it anyway.  That's Love.

About now, I start feeling like I am unworthy.  Yesterday on Facebook I got into a "debate" with someone about politics.  I really don't have an opinion, I had just commented that the stance this person took was ironic, in that they very thing they were complaining about, they were using to complain.  From there, I got into a 2 hour "screaming" match online about something I do not even care about.  Why?  Because my ego was at stake.  What is worse, it was a matter of faith, and I had mistakenly set myself up as the judge of what was good doctrine or bad doctrine.  

Looking back at that, the wind had left the sails of my self esteem.  I was not only not worthy of God's love, but I had taken that lack of righteousness into a battle and tried to make it about him.

The last line of this verse called out to me. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. He knows how I feel, and he tells me that it is not MY righteousness that matters, but his, and he will help me with that.  

Wow again.

Start today with the total assurance that God is YOUR God, standing beside YOU, no matter how bad you have messed things up, no matter what you have done, he is beside you, because you are HIS favorite child.

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