”Submit
yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7 NIV)
Norman Vincent Peale shares in one of his
books about a special breed of cows, the Hereford-cow, found in the western
part of the USA.
On occasion brutal snow storms sweep across the broad plains, and when the
temperature sinks below zero and the snow drifts it becomes a bitter existence
for the cows. The common cow would move along with the wind and not stop until
they encountered a stand of trees or wind break and there they would remain
still and freeze to death. Hereford–cows on the other hand would struggle
forward against the wind until they reach a wind break. There they would stand
shoulder to shoulder; heads bowed low, braced, waiting for the wind to subside.
I believe that
this is the same method God wants Christians to employ in meeting difficulties.
Of course, the force of the wind can tempt us to simply follow, to be pushed
along until something, whatever it might be, hinders us. But instead God wants
us to strain forward, against the forces, and He will go before us preparing a
shelter where we will find protection until the evil has passed.
Prayer
Lord, I pray today for perseverance. I ask
for help to calm the wind until I find a shelter. Thank You for providing me
with a shelter where I can rest from the battle ’til the evil has passed.
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