Proverbs 24
16 for though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again,
but the wicked are brought down by calamity.
The righteous are resilient because they hope in the Lord. When those who do not trust in God fall, their hope is gone. For the righteous have a sure foundation in the eternal God, so that even if they fall repeatedly as they seek to follow God, they are not discouraged or disheartened; they hope in God and keep going on.
When those who have put their hope in stocks and bonds, education, or family connections to get ahead fail, then they lose heart because they finally realize that their hope for success cannot deliver; they eventually quit.
As those who hope in God, we must get up and continue to fight on because our hope, our God, will never let us down.
How often are we sidelined and paralized by our failures and lose hope. When we fall it requires faith to get up and move on. When we don't exercise that faith we consequently are relying on our self suffiency and strength thus we lose hope and are brought down Think about this when a person falls while he is on the ground he naturally looks up before they get up. this should be the action of the believer though he fall look to heaven to be able to get up.
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