Flexibility

 

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July 25, 2025 – 07/25/2025

  7 – The Spirit of God    

25 – Grace for Grace

 

Therefore, he is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf. Hebrews 7:25 NLT

 

Flexibility\n

Today is the day to set yourself in a posture of flexibility. Your flexibility when things don\u2019t go your way will bless others, and in doing so, you will also be blessed.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n

The above words were a hard lesson for me to learn. I had been a pretty rigid guy with strong opinions until those words challenged me to evaluate my heart.\u00a0\n

God wants you to learn to roll with the punches because life throws a lot of them, especially when you\u2019re advancing the Kingdom. The devil is looking for an opportunity to sucker punch you away from bringing Heaven to Earth, so he messes with your plans.\u00a0\n

The next time all hell breaks loose and your well-planned day, event, mission trip, or outreach doesn\u2019t go as planned, don\u2019t throw a fit and quit! Don\u2019t blame others or stomp around making angry excuses. Bless yourself and others by being flexible. Look at the pros and cons of flexibility:\u00a0\n

Pro: You can have peace in any situation.\u00a0\n

Con: You give up control of that situation.\u00a0\n

Pro: You remain an effective witness if a situation doesn\u2019t go the way you planned.\u00a0\n

Con: You will look bad and be a poor witness if you throw a fit or get ugly.\u00a0\n

Pro: You keep a good relationship with Godly people who do things well.\u00a0\n

Con: You don\u2019t get to chew somebody up or verbally slap them around.\u00a0\n

Pro: You remain in the presence of the Holy Spirit and don\u2019t run Him off.\u00a0\n

Con: Your feelings are not known to all present.\u00a0\n

That list of cons haunted me. I had been guilty so many times! But that\u2019s not me anymore. I know when things don\u2019t go as planned, something better will come out of it. How about you? Could you use peace and an effective witness? Roll with the punches!","hover":"\nWhich Wolf Do You Feed?\n

Jesus-driven thinking helps and heals. This is what the Bible has to say on the subject: For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. \u2013 Romans 8:6\n

The Cherokee nation knew it, too. Check out this spot-on tribal tale:\n

An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life. He told the boy, \u201cA terrible fight is going on inside me. It is a fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and self-doubt.\"\n

The old man continued: \u201cThe other wolf is good. He is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.\u201d He then told the boy, \u201cThis same fight is going on inside you and inside every other person, too.\u201d\n

The grandson thought about it for a minute, then asked his grandfather, \u201cWhich wolf will win?\u201d The wise old chief replied, \u201cThe one you feed.\u201d\n

What wolf have you been feeding? Just know the wolf of evil thoughts will eventually devour you, and likely others as well. Thoughts become actions, and there is always collateral damage.\n

That\u2019s not you! You can control your thought life and ensure the evil wolf starves to death."}},"slug":"et_pb_blurb"}">Flexibility

Today is the day to set yourself in a posture of flexibility. Your flexibility when things don’t go your way will bless others, and in doing so, you will also be blessed.   

The above words were a hard lesson for me to learn. I had been a pretty rigid guy with strong opinions until those words challenged me to evaluate my heart. 

God wants you to learn to roll with the punches because life throws a lot of them, especially when you’re advancing the Kingdom. The devil is looking for an opportunity to sucker punch you away from bringing Heaven to Earth, so he messes with your plans. 

The next time all hell breaks loose and your well-planned day, event, mission trip, or outreach doesn’t go as planned, don’t throw a fit and quit! Don’t blame others or stomp around making angry excuses. Bless yourself and others by being flexible. Look at the pros and cons of flexibility: 

Pro: You can have peace in any situation. 

Con: You give up control of that situation. 

Pro: You remain an effective witness if a situation doesn’t go the way you planned. 

Con: You will look bad and be a poor witness if you throw a fit or get ugly. 

Pro: You keep a good relationship with Godly people who do things well. 

Con: You don’t get to chew somebody up or verbally slap them around. 

Pro: You remain in the presence of the Holy Spirit and don’t run Him off. 

Con: Your feelings are not known to all present. 

That list of cons haunted me. I had been guilty so many times! But that’s not me anymore. I know when things don’t go as planned, something better will come out of it. How about you? Could you use peace and an effective witness? Roll with the punches!

Grounded in FaithDeclare!

Even when things don’t go my way and I am uncomfortable, I intentionally stay flexible. God has taught me that sometimes things have to change so He can show up in unexpected ways. I keep my eyes and ears open and roll with what comes next. When I don’t know what will happen next, I do know the One Who is in charge of things.

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