You know when you work so hard for something (Whether its making good grades, avoiding an addiction, whatever your battle is) And then in one moment of weakness, all of the hard work is gone, down the drain. One decision can bring you all the way to square one. Sometimes meaning starting your countdown to recovery back at day one.
Sometimes we just aren't strong enough to win every battle. The devil comes just at the time of our moment of weakness and the next thing you know, you are sitting in a hole, feeling shameful and guilty.
The devil just won a battle. Now you have two options. You can 1) sit around and wallow in your shame and self pity or 2) you can look up to your Heavenly Father and ask for forgiveness and thank Him for His countless mercies that are new every morning. (Lamentations 3:22-23 "The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.")
God knows we are not perfect. He doesn't expect perfection from us. Otherwise, He would not have sent His Son to die for us on Calvary. He DOES expect us to love Him and to try our hardest to do right by Him. But He knows we are going to mess up and fail. He knows it, and we should know it too. He does not expect perfection from us, and we should not expect perfection from ourselves either.
Sometimes Satan wins the battle, but that does not mean we give up and let him win the war. Pick yourself back up and keep fighting the good fight.
Even if it may seem hopeless, remember the war has already been won. Christ has already won this battle for us. Satan cannot defeat you because you have Christ living in you, and He has already won the victory over sin and death for us!
So the next time Satan wins a battle in your fight, pick yourself back up, claim victory in Christ's name, and keep on fighting the good fight!
"Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses." ~ 1 Timothy 6:12
Love always,
Tiffany
(12.13.12)
