Escape Plan

1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Here is another spiritual lesson from the game of chess. When attacking the King cut off any square that will lead to his escape. It is not enough just to chase the King around the board, you must cut off his escape route.

Spiritually speaking, God has provided a foolproof escape plan. He will always provide you with an escape plan? Do you know where to move? Do you know when to move? Will you move?

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

A roaring lion is an old lion. He is too slow to catch his prey, so his roar is meant to freeze his prey with fear. That is why Peter warns us to be sober and vigilant, not to panic, to know your escape route and to move in that direction when threatened.

I see panic as a threat that is often the only danger around us. A crowd is aware of the threat of a terrorist attack and in a concert a transformer overloads with a loud bang. The crowd panics and innocent people are trampled as they rush for the exits. This happened because people failed to do the first thing required in that situation; threat assessment. The first step in any escape plan is threat assessment.

We live in a time where situation awareness is demanded of us for health and safety of ourselves, our loved ones, and those close to us. We want to live in freedom. The enemy wants to kill, steal and destroy our freedom. (John 10:10)

Praise Report

1 Peter 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

When you have been losing the tinniest win is a move in the right direction. Recognizing and praising God in that tiny win is important. It might not be the big win you were hoping for but sometimes you forget to give credit where credit is due.

A starving man is grateful for another man’s discards. We forget that when we are abounding. Abasement teaches you to be grateful for God’s manna in the dry desert.

Philippians 4:12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

That is experience not theory. Some lessons are taught the hard way.

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