---FAITH BRINGS VICTORY!

'He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from
all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from all the earth."
---(Isaiah 25:8) --

--WHERE DO our thoughts go when we hear the word victory? Perhaps we think of a battle like the one David fought against Goliath, or an issue with a neighbor that was settled peaceably. There are many possibilities, but the best victory is triumph through Jesus Christ as we find in 1 Corinthians 15:47: "But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." Also contemplate verse 55, which says, "O death, where is thy sting?" O grave where is thy victory?" Having a life companion in eternity makes this Scripture especially meaningful to me.

Satan tries to discourage us, but we must keep fighting until our final breath is taken. Victory is possible only as we put our full faith in the One who gave His live to redeem all mankind, and we trust in Him alone. "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith" (1 John 5:4). When we humble ourselves to the point that we trust the Lord Jesus to take control of everything, and this includes all our desires, then we can always triumph in Christ as Paul testified in 2 Corinthians 2:14.

We can have much joy when we let Jesus fight the battles in our life, and we concentrate on being thankful that He has unrestrained power over all the circumstances we face. But too often our own wishes get in the way, and we hope for a victory that honors us rather than Christ. As we fight on in the Christian warfare, let's remember 1 Corinthians 15:26: "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." - Only when that is accomplished will we have the ultimate victory. ~~
--BSW/FB~
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