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Wednesday, July
28, 2010
Victory Lap
Romans 8:35-39 Who shall separate us from
the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (36) As it is written, For thy
sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the
slaughter. (37) Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him that loved us. (38) For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor
life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor
things to come, (39) Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall
be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord. (KJV)
You know Church,
sometimes we just need to stop and count our blessings, and take the time
to realize that we win. We not only are on a winning team, but we are able
to be led by a winner, a forerunner for us, Jesus Christ. You have the
choice of what you are going to hold to as truth, what you see with your
outward vision, or what you allow your spiritual eyes to behold as truth.
Sometimes, when I listen to certain people who profess Christianity they
come off like a one legged man in a butt kicking contest, always on their
backside. But you know Church, this is a friendly reminder for all, not
only do we win but we are more than conquerors, and the more you realize
this the more you will start acting like it. Are you persuaded that nothing
or no one this day is going to come between you and your heavenly Father
and that you will not allow anyone to separate you from His love?
Deuteronomy
28:12-13 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to
give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of
thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not
borrow. (13) And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and
thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou
hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee
this day, to observe and to do them: (KJV)
Do you go into a
situation expecting the best, or thinking the worst? The Lord promised us a
total victory before we ever stepped out on the field, so why do we act at
times like He has let us down, or He has a losing track record? You are not
the tail, so quit acting like the tail end and start moving forward.
According to the word of God, He will bless all the work of your hand. The
only question is, will you hearken to His word and follow through with what
is promised, and what is rightfully yours? The reason we have a hard time
holding fast is because we know that we haven’t done all to stand, and by
giving a half hearted effort we end up hoping and not expecting the
victory.
Hebrews 2:14-15
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also
himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy
him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; (15) And deliver them
who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. (KJV)
It was the fall
of man by the influence of the devil which led to his separation from God.
It is by the obedience of one man, Jesus Christ and His victory over the
power of death, that we are able to triumph and be overcomers by the faith
in Him to partake of a new life of peace and reconciliation with God. We
have been delivered from the power of darkness and translated into His
kingdom so that we too are able to walk in the same victory that He did.
Colossians
2:14-15 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us,
which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his
cross; (15) And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of
them openly, triumphing over them in it. (KJV)
We think that we
have it rough some times; here’s a man that was crucified and left for
dead, and yet able to rise again with the keys of hell and death so that
those gates of hell would no longer hold us in bondage. So are you
partaking of this victory, or still hoping someday it will happen?
1 Corinthians
9:24-27 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one
receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. (25) And every man that
striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to
obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. (26) I therefore so
run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: (27)
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any
means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. (KJV)
Are you fighting
the good fight of faith, doing whatever is necessary to receive the prize?
One will receive this prize, and those that are a part of the body of
Christ and are one with Him will run this race and endure to the end, not
accepting anything less than total victory. Are you faithful in little
areas so that you can mature, and be faithful and victorious in bigger ones
as well? Are you shadow boxing and missing the mark, or are you throwing a
knockout punch every time the opponent tries to get in your way?
Philippians
3:13-15 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one
thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth
unto those things which are before, (14) I press toward the mark for the
prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. (15) Let us therefore, as
many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise
minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. (KJV)
The prize is
before us and not behind us. Those that live in the past will find
themselves off course and running in circles. Those that are perfect,
mature in Christ, will put their hand to the plough and not look back to
see what others are doing or saying about them. You become settled in the
fact that one has already run this race, and in order for you to share in
victory and celebration you will have to become single minded in the things
of God in order to find the path of life. Though many will try to show you
a different way, or try to achieve salvation through shortcuts and quick
fixes, it’s only by the Lord revealing Himself to you personally that you
will be able to keep sight of the prize and hold fast to the end.
John 16:33 These
things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world
ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
(KJV)
So cheer up Church, though we are
surrounded by trials and tribulations of a fallen world, it doesn’t change
God’s plan of salvation for you and the victory which is yours for the
taking. So hold fast your profession of faith without wavering so that you
too can take an eternal victory lap of celebration with your heavenly
Father as well.
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