A friend of mine was part of a rapid deployment unit in the military. The task of his division was to be in a perpetual state of readiness, able to be deployed at a moment’s notice. When a need for their services arose, those soldiers were to be geared up, loaded up, and wheels up within hours. Because they could not know when a conflict would arise or what manner of conflict it might be, they had to be prepared for any mission at any time. And they were.
I have often repeated a refrain to myself and to others: When you’re at your best, plan for your worst. I usually use this phrase to refer to sin and temptation, as an application of 1 Corinthians 10:12: “Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.” It is when we are not being tempted, it is when we are standing strong in the Lord’s grace, that we ought to consider the times we will be weak and tempted and eager to sin. We need to assume such times will come and we need to use the moments of strength to put measures in
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