When faced with a negative situation, your first response determines the path you walk and the process you take to get out of that situation.

Is your first reaction to ask, “Why is this happening to me?” No matter what hits you or where it comes from, you must navigate in a way not to lose your footing in the battle through hesitation or inaction. You want to have a readiness of mind and to guard your heart in the gospel of peace which means this is your first reaction. Speak the Word of God into a situation and wait for the peace of God that passes understanding. If Job had known what we know, he never would have gone through all that.