I’ve been sick for the past couple days. I think it’s just adjusting to a new climate, diet and schedule but nonetheless it is bringing me down. I’ve started off each morning doing ministry and around lunch time is when I get sick and I’m out of ministry the rest of the day. It’s frustrating to not feel good and be stuck in bed. The pastor told me that sickness is from Satan. I think that sickness is part of life…I try not to give much credit to Satan. Setbacks happen. People get hurt and sick, people lose their jobs, people lose people that they love. I think our reaction to setbacks in life is what can give Satan a foothold and power. If I react in a way that is looking for the positive and for the things that God can teach me…then I am walking in victory with Jesus rather than worrying about defeat from Satan. I know that Satan’s goal is to bring me down and I know that I have let him before. I don’t want to be naïve in thinking that Satan is not on the prowl. He wants to trip me up and setbacks that happen in life are a perfect opportunity for him to come in and bring us down. I am choosing right now to live in the victory that comes from knowing Jesus Christ. I am not going to give Satan the foothold. This is a choice I will have to make daily when I have setbacks…sometimes more than that when things are really tough. Thank God for victory! God has been teaching me throughout this race to have a thankful heart. I am thankful that I have a bed to come to when I am not feeling well. I am thankful to be surrounded by people who love me and care about me. I am thankful and willing to learn whatever it is that He wants to teach me…in whatever ways He can!
