COWBOY UP!

COWBOY UP!

1 Cor 16:13

13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

          Perhaps because we once were our own nation, Texans seem to have their own language. One phrase that you will hear during difficult times is “Cowboy Up!” It means to stop whining, roll up your sleeves and do something positive and productive about your problems. It means to grow up; to stop being the victim and become the victor instead.

          Only one Greek word is used to translate the entire phrase “quit you like men.” It is the word andrizomai and it literally means “to act manly!” Set in the midst of several last-minute admonitions is the encouragement to act manly and to be strong. “Quit you like men means, "Act like men, not children." (The word quit is short for "acquit" - to perform or act.) It was a call to courageous manliness at an hour when mature leadership was needed.”  (from The Bible Exposition Commentary.)

Eph 4:14

14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

Dear Lord, today I may face challenges and difficulties. Let me conduct myself with strength and maturity. AMEN