Monday, August 24, 2009

In The Face of Adversity

Although my current condition doesn't present a ton of adversity...I chased a rabbit down this path in my Bible study time this morning. I believe it is important for me to continuously meditate on these types of scriptures, even during the good times. Romans 10:17 says, "Faith come by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God."

Proverbs 24:10
If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. AMP

Proverbs 24:10
If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn't much to you in the first place. MSG

Psalm 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. AMP

"Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds." - Orison Sweet Marden

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” –MLK Jr.

Psalm 94:12-16

12 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law,

13 That You may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity, until the [inevitable] pit of corruption is dug for the wicked.

14 For the Lord will not cast off nor spurn His people, neither will He abandon His heritage.

15 For justice will return to the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Isaiah 30:20-21

20 And though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide Himself any more, but your eyes will constantly behold your Teacher.

21 And your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way; walk in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left.

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