Victory is a Gift

This past Sunday we continued with our series entitled Walking in Grace. In our third installment in this series, we talked about finding Victory in our walk with Christ. For many believers, victory is more of an abstract concept than an actual life reality.

 Why?

Why don't more of us experience the victory God promised in His word? I believe it's be auss we don't fully understand what that victory is about in the first place.

In our key thought for this past week...we don't experience

victory by fighting; we enjoy it by faith in Jesus.

Again, this whole idea of walking in grace is centered on what Jesus has done for us, not what we can do for Jesus. We get wrapped up in doing things FOR Jesus and fail to understand that He wants to do amazing things THROUGH us.

Here is where victory is found...in Christ and not within ourselves. He is the one who has given is everything we need to experience the life He promised.

2 Peter 1:3-4 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. 

You see...victory is a gift from God designed that we can escape the power of this world and experience the life He promised. No matter how hard we fight. In our own power we will always be defeated. But when we surrender by faith, we can experience victory through Jesus!

Dear God, help me today to remember that You have already won the victory...I need only surrender by faith to You! In Jesus Name, amen.