This Is The Victory
For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith!
Winners and losers … too often that is how we look at things. The dictionary defines “victory” as a success or triumph over an enemy in battle, or an engagement ending in such a triumph. When we engage our family, our neighbors, or even just another driver in traffic with this mindset we strive for victory in an arena where we’ll never truly win.
In the Amplified Bible translation of John 16:33 Jesus says, “In the world you have trouble, [trials, distress, and frustration]; but take courage [be confident, certain, and undaunted], for I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]” If you think you’ve had troubles, consider the Apostle Paul. He was a man well acquainted with opposition. As he traveled from city to city spreading the message of faith in Jesus Christ, he suffered hunger, beatings, imprisonment, and shipwreck. And yet, he never lost sight that God’s plan of redemption and reconciliation was for all people, even those who rejected him for his message. He extended hope toward everyone, knowing “that we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”
You’re not wrong to feel that there is a battle raging against you, but it’s not about winning in an argument, or outperforming your competition, or even about beating someone in traffic! The real struggle is for your soul! The unseen powers arrayed against you want to separate you from God through sin. Your troubles, trials, distresses, and frustrations are more than natural; they have a spiritual component. You can overcome through confident faith that Jesus' victory over sin and Satan gives you the power to be triumphant. Or, you can forfeit in life’s contest to temptation by giving in to doubt, fear, or despair.
The message of victory is this, “for every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith!”
Read: Ephesians 6:10-16, 1 John 5:1-5
Listen: Victors In Christ