📖 “But some Jews arrived there from Antioch and Iconium; and having persuaded the people and won them over, they stoned Paul and [afterward] dragged him out of the town, thinking that he was dead. But the disciples formed a circle about him, and he got up and went back into the town; and on the morrow he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. When they had preached the good news (Gospel) to that town and made disciples of many of the people, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch” -Acts 14:19-21 Amplified Bible Classic Edition
Paul could have quit the ministry. He had been stoned right after a crippled man was healed, listening to him preach. Paul could have been frustrated. He could have allowed his emotions to get the best of him. Instead, he kept on preaching. After preaching in Derbe, he returned to the same place where he was stoned. He did not allow a negative experience to deter him. He demonstrated by his actions that nothing would stop him from walking in the will of God. We all have negative things happen to us. We have all had things happen to us that weren’t fair. However, we don’t allow those things to stop us. A just man falls seven times, but he rises again. As believers, we just keep on getting up. We continue to move forward, regardless of the obstacles. We keep going forward because if God is for us, no one can successfully be our enemy. We always triumph. We always win. Jesus is Lord, and there is nothing the devil can do about it.
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