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Your Defiant Comeback

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It was the final event of the men's gymnastics competition
in the 2004 Athens Olympics. American Paul Hamm's hopes
for the gold medal seemed to come crashing down as he
made a lopsided landing and actually toppled into the
judges' tables. That gave him a disappointing 9.137 score
that virtually doomed his chances for a first place finish.
After some moments of what he described as "depression,"
he decided to fight back - with what would have to be the
best two performances of his life, just to win the bronze.
Paul took a deep breath and he began to move powerfully
through the air with a routine that was filled with technical
challenges. It was a nearly perfect performance with a solid
landing at the end. His score: 9.837. At first, he didn't know
what that meant in terms of a medal. Then he heard his coach
screaming, "Olympic champion!" The gold medal was his.

Paul Hamm messed up, but he didn't give up. He fell down,
but he didn't stay down. Maybe that's a picture of you, or it's
going to be a picture of you. Because you've messed up. You've
made some mistakes. That failure could be final - if you let it be.
Or you can get up and make a defiant comeback. Which is
exactly what the devil is counting on you not doing. He got
you down, and he's hoping you'll be so discouraged, so
defeated, that you'll stay down. This is your day to say,
"No way, Satan! I belong to Jesus, and in His strength,
I'm coming back!"

That kind of comeback defiance is powerfully expressed
in our word for today from the Word of God in Micah 7,
beginning with verse 8. "Do not gloat over me, my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light." Getting up again, coming back
is a choice - one you need to make this very day. Serve
notice that the devil's victory is a temporary victory.
You're not staying down.

Micah goes on to say, "Because I have sinned against
him, I will bear the Lord's wrath, until he pleads my case
and establishes my right." You can't recover unless you
repent. The comeback trail begins at the cross of Jesus
where you acknowledge your sin and remember that it
took the death of God's Son to pay for it. How will He
respond? Hebrews 7:25 says, "He is able to save com-
pletely those who come to God through Him, because
He always lives to intercede for them." He pleads your
case, and your sin is erased from God's Book. After a
horrendous sin of immorality, here was David's turning
point: "I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the
Lord - and You forgave me the guilt of my sin.'"

Out of the darkness. Back it into the light. Micah's
announcement of a spiritual comeback continues:
"He will bring me out into the light; I will see His
righteousness. Then my enemy will see it and will
be covered with shame." The devil's been trying to
bury you in shame. You need to get up; remove
whatever junk might bring you down again, and
then declare, "Lord, I am going to make the devil
sorry he ever messed with me. I'm going to push
back the darkness and I'm taking prisoners away
from him! He's going to be the one covered with
shame!"

You can be walking, talking proof of the grace,
the love, and the restoring power of Jesus Christ;
turning your fall into a mighty testimony for Jesus
Christ. The voice that's telling you, "It's over. What's
the use? God doesn't love you after what you've
done." That's the voice of hell, and those are lies!
The truth is that "where sin increased, grace increased
all the more" (Romans 5:20). And because of God's
amazing grace, your fall does not have to be final.
You went down, but you're not staying down.
You're coming back more of a winner, and more
of a warrior than ever before! http://www.gospelcom.net/rhm/

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