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Wednesday,
November 21, 2007
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, we win. We not only are on a winning team, but
are able to be led by a winner, a forerunner for us, Jesus Christ. You have
the choice 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, be 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 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 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 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 and show you a
different way, or try and 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 you too can take an eternal victory lap of
celebration with your heavenly Father as well.
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