Struggle For Victory, Not Defeat!
In any struggle, only two outcomes are possible: victory or defeat. Yet, many people try to create a third alternative, namely, to prolong the struggle. Unfortunately, that by itself is a form of surrender! Striving for victory cannot be interrupted; it is only reached with persistent determination!
If you are personally struggling with something,who normally wins the battle, you or the “something”?
One cannot postpone victory, for that empowers the enemy into immediate triumph. Any struggle cannot be ignored, as if its reason would go away by itself. It must be faced head-on, energetically, with the determination for, and anticipation of, victory. And this is possible for those who put on “the whole armor of God” which the apostle Paul explains in Ephesians 6.
The Christian’s life is not to be lived from bad to worse, from carelessness to defeat, but from victory unto victory. Every struggle demands ultimate triumph; it need not be an open-ended fight.
No soldier enters a battlefield anticipating defeat from the outset. No army goes to war without a game plan, a strategy which shall ensure the anticipated conquest.
Yet, many individuals encounter struggles in life for which they have the weapons for victory, but prefer to remain in the struggle without any striving to end it, much less to succeed in it! As indicated above, that is asking for more trouble!
Nevertheless, God never desired that any of His children would live in perpetual struggle with any vice or sin. Such endless battle would denote real failure and defeat instead of the success He is ready to grant to those intent on bringing an end to their struggle.
In any warfare one needs to be proactive in seeking to conquer. Otherwise, surrender ensues and defeat occurs. This should be the only reality you know, and under which you operate if God is indeed guiding your steps in every move you make.
Christian living is experienced on a higher plane, in complete trust on the One Who planted that faith and life in us. As author William Coleman remarks, “Faith is the ability to launch out when you cannot guarantee the outcome.” Yet, due to God’s control of your life, you can be assured it will always be a triumphant outcome, no matter what tortuous paths you may have to traverse, in order to arrive at the place of victory!
