Oftentimes when we come through an attack or time of great opposition our perception is, "Whew, I sure took a hit from the devil on this; but God is good"; believing we are glorifying God.   But are we really?

There may be a hit; but we are not to take it.  Unfortunately, many of the body of Christ have resigned to thinking they have to take the devil's hits and nurse the wounds in a discombobulated state of confusion, frustration, terror and/or grief.   As these may result from a hit, we are to resist their beckoning to hunker down in them.

Instead, we should take our victory in and with God:

~ Submit ourselves, along with the incident to God, allowing
   Him to restore and refresh us.
 

~ Get in the Word of God to put ourselves on His plain of
   perspective. (Depending on the magnitude of the attack
   you may have to listen to the Word** - sometimes the
   severity of the offense can cause challenge in focusing to
   read.)
 

~ Expect and listen for the Holy Spirit to speak (debriefing -
   explaining and instructing on the matter)
 

~ Forgive and release the offender and the offense to God -
   cleansing our heart for its restoration
 

~ Worship the Lord (even if all you can initially muster up is
   a "Thank You, Jesus." "Praise the Lord." or "My God is
   good.")

The devil has sneaked the deceitful tactic of taking his hits into the church behavior.  This is to prevent us from maintaining our divine momentum against him, which increases with every victory.  We are victorious in God, by Christ Jesus.  The devil is a defeated foe, and we are not to take anything he sends our way.  There is no lesson from him; no advancing by him; and no issuance of anything against us that we are to take.

Our victory is of God, the Most High. We praise His holy Name.

Amen