I started my girl Lysa’s new book today. I only got through the introduction and I wanted to keep reading, but I’m just gonna marinate all day on this scripture and the words I wrote down. The word that stuck out to me the most was victory…being victorious. That was the theme from the introduction, I suppose. So, I took a second and looked up the definition.
Victory: a win over an opponent or a difficult problem. Success over an enemy in battle.
Listen, I’ve been saved a long time, and I know there is “Victory in Jesus”…”there’s even a song about it, but what about victory in your life…in my life. What does victory look like to you? Often times, I have thought victory came when I was making enough money, all my bills were paid and my kids were making good grades and being well-behaved. I thought victory was owning my own business or competing in figure competitions striving to have the “perfect body”. Well, that wasn’t victory because I came in second for three straight years. Ha! But seriously, we have a skewed sense of victory in our lives. We are so focused on carnal (fleshly) desires…things of this world…to define our win over the enemy. Unfortunately, we let the enemy become ourselves. Remember, the only enemy is the devil. He’s good at making you think there is victory in the crap in this world. Sorry, I’ve used crap a lot, today.
Victory of course lies within Jesus. I didn’t have to tell you that. Life is always going to throw us curveballs and we can’t predict the outcome of day or week, but we can trust that victory isn’t found in this world. I want to live in the victory I have today…not how things “may” turn out or come to pass. We are going to be okay, because Jesus is victorious. It’s not about what is going to happen, it’s about what is happening right now! Often times I have to remind myself, God is in control, yes…but we have the ability (given by the Almighty) to be victorious! I’m going to pray that God would shift my viewpoint on victory…’cause honestly, the battle has already been won (on the cross), it’s just learning to live underneath it!
“But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57
