The best defense for a test is preparation. The best defense against illness is building our immune systems with good food, sunlight, vitamins, and rest. The best defense against sports injury is warming up and stopping when it is time. The best defense against failure is preparation. There are so many other examples we could come up with.
There is a verse in Job where he is pleading with God saying, "If I only had an advocate to go before you to plead my case." Job was miserable, grieving, and looking for the "why" not knowing that there was more to the story.
A few years ago, I found this verse and remembered Job's request:
"My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous." -1 John 2:1
We do have a defender who goes to the Father. God answered Job's prayer in His time and in His plan. We have the best defense. The one who walked this earth and took our punishment longs for us to be rescued and saved.
Today, I am grateful for the best defense.
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