Daily Huddle - Fri Sep 18, 2020 Victory

Love you all, praying for you,
 
God has victory for you today!   Not winning over people (you winning, and others losing).  God says our battle is not against flesh and blood (people), but principalities and powers.  The enemy’s forces of evil, that try to stop or subvert the good that God is, and the good that He has for you.  Victory over your human nature, that is selfish, and tends toward sin, rather than surrender to God’s Word, and walking in His very best for you.  It’s our tendency to be deceived by the shiny things of life, that are really worthless, and ignore the best things in life, that are always what God has instructed and established.  God has overcoming for you today, growing, getting better, avoiding what is harmful and choosing what is most helpful, fruitful and enjoyable – that will bring significance in your life.  Victory is always a choice, you choose it before you experience it.  We’re not talking about a will to win, but a choice to follow God’s ways instead of the way that seems right, or that everyone else is doing.  Victory always starts with obedience.  All victory comes from God.  I Corinthians 15:57 – But thanks be to God, who gives us victory through our LORD, Jesus Christ.  That means when He is LORD not just Savior, victory comes... if He is directing your life – you can walk in victory.  Victory – conquest, the defeat of an enemy in battle.  The advantage or superiority gained over spiritual enemies, over passions and appetites, or over temptations, or in any struggle or competition.  Your enemy’s plan is simple: keep you from God’s presence (where joy and peace come from), keep you from getting His plans (so you are wasting time with your own, which will never bring what you the joy, peace, success and significance you desire), keep you from His Word – which produces every good thing every time in your life, and keep you from your testimony – what God did when you obeyed... which will help you overcome again.  God even tells us what victory is.  I John 5:4 – For whoever is born of God, overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.  Faith – believing before you see it.  Acting like what God said is true.  Trusting what God says  – trusting it enough to choose it over what you’d rather do by nature, your old nature.  So what victory does God have for you today?  Not letting your mind go down a wrong path?  Someone says something, and you take it personally, you get offended or upset, is it falling into pride? or the devil tries to get you to beat yourself up over mistakes in the past, that if you have confessed and repented, God has already forgiven?  Is it your tendency to do things on your own, without asking for His wisdom or help?  Is it letting your mouth run, before you think, or pray about it?  Is it falling into old habits of thinking or doing, or not doing, that keeps you stuck where you are at, and prevents you from where God wants to bring you?  God has victory for you.  It starts with your faith.  Believing what God says and doing it.  First you have to believe Him, then you’ll act on it and do what He says and teaches.  Then just keep going, even if you don’t see the results immediately.  The more you choose His way, the easier it gets - victory becomes momentum.  You can build your faith by hearing His Word, PRISM will help you! praying in the Spirit, taking the first step of obedience, and praising God for the strength to do it, and the results that are coming in His perfect time.  And you can build your faith by hearing the testimony of others.  Every choice of victory is worth it!  Praying that you will be in His presence in worship today, in His Word which brings victory every time, that you would know His plans for you today even this hour, PiVAT will help you - so you are hearing and doing - so you choose victory every time.  And if you ever choose something else – know that you can quickly humble yourself, repent, turn, and choose His best – He will give you grace for it.  When you’re forgiven, He doesn’t hold your past choices against you, He gives you grace to choose His best right now!  That’s victory!  It's what you were destined for!
 
Love you all,
dad