Gordon Smith, who is a SERE instructor( Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape) at Camp Mackall, says, “I tell the students, ‘If you have a guy with all the survival training in the world who has a negative attitude, and a guy who doesn’t have a clue but has a positive attitude, I guarantee you that the one with the positive attitude is coming out of the woods alive. Simple as that.’”
If we have a positive attitude – and pray for a positive attitude, God gives if we will just take delivery - we have a head start when it comes to overcoming fear of the unknown, as well as a head start when it comes to overcoming stress about things we cannot control. With a positive attitude we better deal with anger over our situation and better handle guilt over what could have been but is no more. And the basis for such a positive attitude is Romans 8:31, “If God is for us, who can be against us?”
“If God is for us, who can be against us,” means that we draw on unparalleled spiritual resources when we’re trying to be faithful, for no less than God is for us, God’s grace is with us. Now this does not mean that what we’re up against is a piece of cake. It does mean that we rise to the challenge. - DJ
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