KNOCKED DOWN-NOT KNOCKED OUT

"Abram went down...Abram went up... [Abram] went on." 

The Christian life is not without its failures. For, as long as we are in this flesh, we will experience them from time to time, as our father Abraham did. The secret is being able to bounce back, so to speak, to keep getting up. Micha 7:8 puts it this way, “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy; when I fall I shall arise.” And so we are told in the New Testament we are to follow Abraham's example. If that be the case, when we go down, we are to come up and go on.

Throughout the Bible, we see this characteristic in the saints who endured. Jacob, Moses, David, Elijah, Peter, as well as Paul—all illustrate that one can have a successful comeback after a severe set back. Complete recovery is always possible in a regenerated, repentant believer’s life!

The greatest disgrace is not in getting knocked down, but in not getting up.