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Day 145, or May 25. I will never, never give in. Our thoughts today come from Job chapter

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27 verse 3. As long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils.

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First the big picture surrounding this verse. Pressure keeps pouring on to Job's head as

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Bildad returns to join in the argument. It appears Job cuts him short as he interrupts

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shortly after Bildad begins to speak. There is real pressure to simply concede defeat

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and forget the principles that were once so important to Job. He's on a tightrope walk,

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trying to be faithful to what he knows is right, and yet to have a normal, fulfilled

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life. Job is in a minority of one, and his friends, upon whom he should have been able

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to rely, are not for him but firmly against him. Job is convinced that he needs wisdom,

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and that it can only come from God no matter how clever and eloquent his opponents are.

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He is determined to hold on.

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And now today's action step. Stubbornness is not a very attractive quality,

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but being resolute and determined are aspects of personality that most people would love

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to have. Job talks about wisdom and where to get it, and wisdom is certainly required

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if we are to discern the difference between these strong characteristics of our own personality.

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In the days of Sir Winston Churchill, it was the norm for many to turn to God for inspiration

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and security, and there is little doubt that he often did this. He was renowned for being

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both stubborn and determined, and once said, Never give in, never give in, never, never,

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never, never, in nothing, great or small, large or petty, never give in, except to convictions

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of honor and good sense. Never yield to force, never yield to the apparently overwhelming

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might of the enemy. I can hear Job saying, Amen, can't you?

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Thankfully, we are not left to struggle alone. We have the Holy Spirit's daily help, but

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we have to play our part too. So, never, never, never give in.