UNFLAPPABLE

God wants us to be unflappable... calm during the storms of life. The real issue is not our circumstances but our attitude -- our mindset -- how we respond to our circumstances. To be unflappable is to treat everything as spiritual... it is, and to have a heavenly mindset... a mind set on things above, responding to our circumstances with a mind renewed with the mind of Christ. We will experience good, and bad, and every shade in between. It matters not when we are unflappable. Let us keep “things” in perspective: We are talking about a life we are warned not to love, in a world we are commanded not to love, an itsy bitsy tennie weenie little delay in route to supernatural life... overwhelming love... supreme happiness... utter joy... ultimate peace... infinite ecstasy -- I’m running out of adjectives here -- forever eternally so. Satan cannot win; he can only inflict pain while losing! Let me repeat that: Satan cannot win, his fate is set, his doom is sealed, and the Lake of Fire awaits him. His attacks are meant to destroy our faith and neuter our testimony, robbing us of God’s joy and peace -- he can only inflict pain while losing. These “light afflictions” as the Apostle Paul called them, are simply trials and tests meant to purify, strengthen and approve our faith while releasing our Lord’s nature within – “which is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.” Being unflappable destroys any pleasure he may derive from his inflictions. Christ learned obedience through the things He suffered -- maybe we need to follow His example. Troubles, difficulties, afflictions -- in a word adversity -- should be met with one response: Rejoice... Count It All Joy... Be Unflappable. What the enemy intends for evil God will turn to eternal good conforming to His purposes -- we simply can’t lose!!! What happens to our dirt-tents of flesh on this dirt-bag planet during this nanosecond life is insignificant. We are totally expendable vessels who must die or fly to gain access to our glorified bodies. Soooo... trust in total dependence on God -- set your mind on things above -- set your face like a flint toward heaven -- quit worrying about why – and turn your praise on. The God who knows our “needs” before we ask answered our petitions in eternity before the foundation of the world was laid. Our pathway in time to His answer is the pathway of praise... trusting God with the “heavy lifting.” Be Unflappable...

UNFLAPPABILITY IS THE DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC OF THE SPIRITUALLY MATURE, AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE, AND THE PREREQUISITE TO THE PEACE OF GOD.

Endnote: Now, this does not mean we don’t pray for relief or resist the enemy’s attack. This is submission to the sovereign Lord in preparation for resisting the enemy in prayer: “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” This is the “Though He slay me, yet will I Trust in Him” attitude that declares unequivocally nothing will turn my praise off... nothing will short circuit my joy and peace... nothing will separate me from the love of my Father. I know who holds my breath in His hands, I know where I am going, and I will rejoice and be glad...

COUNT IT ALL JOY
(Matt. 6:8; Col. 3:2; Gen. 50:20;Rom. 8:28, 5:3-5; Heb. 5:8; James 1:2-4, 4:7; 2 Cor. 4:17; Job 13:15;Dan. 5:23)