Getting Up on the Inside

Many people give up far too easily when things don't go their way or they face some kind of adversity. Instead of persevering, they get all bent out of shape. Before long they're down and discouraged. That's understandable. Especially when we've struggled with a problem or a weakness for a long time. We all face challenges in life. We all have things that come against us. We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up on the inside.

You may be in a situation today where you have done your best. You've prayed. You've believed. You've placed your faith firmly on the truth of God's Word. But it just doesn't look like anything is happening. Don't give up! Keep standing. Keep praying; keep believing; keep hoping in faith. Don't let that problem or adversity cause you to become discouraged or depressed. Just keep standing up on the inside.

No matter what you are going through or how difficult it may seem, you can stay standing up on the inside. It will take courage; it will definitely take determination, but you can do it if you decide to do so. You must act on your will, not simply your emotions.

Are you going through a dark time in your life? Perhaps somebody deceived you, took advantage of you, or mistreated you, and now you are tempted to sit around mourning over what you have lost, thinking about how unfair it was, and how your life will never be the same. You need to change your attitude. You have to get up on the inside. Develop that victor's mentality and watch what God will do.

When you give God praise and stay in an attitude of faith in the midst of your adversities, God's miracle-working power will show up. Don't allow yourself to wave the white flag of surrender. You must get out of that defeated mentality and start thinking and believing positively.

God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner. There is no reason for you to be perpetually living "under the circumstances," always down, always discouraged. No matter how many times you get knocked down, keep getting back up. God sees your resolve. He sees your determination. And when you do everything you can do, that's when God will step in and do what you can't do.