In one hour I was told a faithful teacher lost her job, a friend received a tough diagnosis, and a couple gave up their marriage. Life changed in just a moment for each of them. While they have asked for prayer, I know it is difficult for them to believe life will ever be okay, to trust that God has already been at work when life is hard, to be strong rather than to be weak, to be in the race rather than slipping off to the sidelines, to be a conquerer rather than a quitter, to go forward believing life is more than the stuff that comes at us, to be a winner. What I know to be true is this, God has already won the battle for us, providing a pathway to live, even in the worst of circumstances, as a winner.
It takes a very intentional decision to live in the "win of the war" when hardship comes. But. We have been gifted the win.Consider.
God stripped the spiritual rulers and powers of their authority. With the cross, he won the victory and showed the world that they were powerless (Colossians 2:15, NCV).When we accept God's gift of life, we are not handed the second best life because of what we have done or someone has done to us, we have entered into the best life because of what Christ has done on the cross. He won purposefully and intentionally for you and I! So. When we move into a season of struggle, in the war between darkness and Light, we can know with a confidence that the outcome is for good and not for evil.
The power of the evil has been destroyed, it will not and can not overcome us, despite how it seems or feels. We can stand and face the battle because the "win of the war" has been issued to us. Simply put, we receive the win through the grace of God.Receive God's gift of grace.
Live intentionally as a conqueror.
Walk with confidence, knowing the "win of the war" has been issued to you.
Learning to Kickstart the day in the "win of the war,"
Kerrie
(written by Kerrie Carlisle Palmer © 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)