James 4:7
So humble yourselves before God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. Draw close to God, and God will draw close to you.
Just as the string holds the kite up on the wind, so our constraints in our troubles and sorrows keep us aloft and hold us up. Our winds of adversity are given to us to draw us nearer to God. So I need to change my views of the troubles and aggravations and interruptions of life, resist the Devil and my own flesh, and thank God for another opportunity to depend on Him.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
