Joyful Victory

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Psalm 142:3
When my spirit faints within me,
you know my way.

Many of us live anticipating the worst, instead of living by faith, expecting God’s joyous purposes. All the negative stories we hear when we turn on the news or read a paper don’t help. I think it’s time we wise up to the reality that exists in the peace, hope and security we have in Christ.

Whatever difficulties you face or whatever calamity you witness in the world, remember you are seated with Christ in heavenly realms. By your God you can leap over a wall. If God is for you, who can be against you?

In Jesus, you are already a winner! In Jesus, you are more than a conqueror. If you continue to acknowledge the Lord in all your ways, he will continue to direct the outcome of your days, meeting your every need. He is faithful, and his love will endure every circumstance you may ever face.

God-tracking is expecting joyful victory in this fight we fight.

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Ephesians 2:4-10
Romans 8:31-39
Proverbs 3:5-6
John 10:8-11

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On Top of the World

 

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“If you know Christ as Lord of your life then you are raised up and made to sit in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. What a vantage point.”

Colossians 3:3
For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

The first song I ever learned to play on my first clanky old guitar was the Richard Carpenter song, “On Top of the World” (1972). The song is about new love: young man finds the love of his life and feels like he's living on top of the world. The chorus starts, “I’m on top of the world, looking down on creation.” I might add, I didn’t play it too well but it stuck.

In the natural, elated moments in life are few and far between. Indeed, falling in love can be one of those ecstatic moments. However, for the most part, this life often has more downs than ups. Let’s be honest, for the common person, disappointment and failure can be commonplace. I remember the day I received a phone call from a prospective employer offering me the job of my dreams. I was on top of the world! As it turned out, I enjoyed 7 marvellous years working for this Christian ministry with much success. However, the day came when I was told they were shutting down my department and my position was made redundant. But that’s life – the natural life. However, as Christian believers, we view a higher life than this. We live a life from a heavenly vantage point.

If you know Christ as Lord of your life then you have put to death the old life and are a new creation in Christ. If you know Christ as Lord of your life then the life you live in the flesh you live by faith in God who richly rewards those who seek him. If you know Christ as Lord of your life then you are raised up and made to sit in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. What a vantage point.

So, when your natural life hits a low, remind yourself that you have a seat in heaven. When trials and tribulation whammy your daily walk, count it all joy because you know the testing of your faith produces patience so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. And when those disappointments collide with your dreams, smile and sing, “I’m on top of the world, looking down on creation.”

God-tracking is looking down from a heavenly vantage point

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2 Corinthians 5:17
Galatians 2:20
Hebrews 11:6
Ephesians 2:4-10
Colossians 3:1-4
James 1:2-4

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SO, DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

I am seated with Christ in God, looking down on creation with joy and victory

“Dear Lord, thank you that Jesus died for my sins that I may be made right with you. Thank you that I am a new creation in Christ. Thank you that my old life has died and I have a glorious new life in you. Today I claim success over every trial, every disappointment and every low of life, in Jesus’ name. I confess I am seated with Christ in God, looking down on creation with joy and victory. Amen!”

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CONTINUE TO MARCH IN FAITH, WITH PATIENCE

 

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“So, continue to work as God has called you to work. Continue to pray with persistence. Continue to confess your needs met in Jesus. Continue to patiently march around that city until God’s brings its walls down in his time.”

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us

Scottish minister and hymn writer, George Matheson wrote, "We commonly associate patience with lying down. We think of it as the angel that guards the couch. Yet there is a patience that I believe to be harder – the patience that can run. It is the power to work under stress; to have a great weight at your heart and still run; to have a deep anguish in your spirit and still perform the daily tasks. It is a Christ-like thing! The hardest thing is that most of us are called to exercise our patience, not in the sickbed but in the street."

Sometimes following Christ often places great expectations upon our shoulders. For instance, we read in Matthew that we are all called go into all the world and make disciples of all nations. Yet patience is required to follow God’s directives; a patience in action. Like we see when Joshua led the Israelites to conquer Canaan.

The conquest began with Jericho. God gave his people intricate instructions to march around the city for seven days before he brought the walls down. They weren’t told to sit on their couches and wait for victory. They were told to get up and march while waiting patiently for God to work a miracle.

If you are waiting on God for a miracle, be patient. He is faithful and he will do it. Yet, be encouraged to continue walking in faith. Often, we are tempted to sit down in a state of inaction thinking God will do all the work for us. Faith requires action. James, the bother of Jesus said, “Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”

So, continue to work as God has called you to work. Continue to pray with persistence. Continue to confess your needs met in Jesus. Continue to patiently march around that city until God brings its walls crashing down in his time.

God-tracking is marching with patience in faith that God will act

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Matthew 28:19-20
Joshua 6:1-21
James 2:18

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DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

 

Help me to get on with life while I wait patiently in hope that you will come through for me

 

“O Lord, it feels like I’ve been waiting ages for this need to be met. I know you have the power and are willing to answer my prayer. I know I need to wait patiently for you to provide. Yet, help me to not be inactive while I wait. Help me to continue to praise you for answered prayer. Help me to continue to confess my needs met according to your riches in Christ. Help me to get on with life while I wait patiently in hope that you will come through for me. I know you will, O Lord. You who promised are faithful. Amen.”

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