Victory in Jesus Christ

About 2 years ago I had learned a lesson about victory through Jesus Christ. That we as children of God are to be victors. I came to the conclusion that living a life of defeat was the result of my attitude and thinking and it had to be changed.


Romans 12:2
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

When I was facing trials, I saw the circumstances as hopeless, no way out, and too much to bear. My attitude was negative when things came up. The way I was acting and thinking was that of disobedience and distrust.
In Electronic Technician A school I was testing out of one of my final lessons for communications, I decided that day I would finally go to open study (class time outside of class hours) and test out of the lesson. Up to that point I had been pretty much going through A school not relying on God. I was passing my tests, but I was not acknowledging God as the source of the aptitude and ability to learn. So I went to take my test and through a miss press of the backspace button on the keyboard it scored my test before I had completed it. I was halfway through and it failed me. I was heated, really really angry. I stormed out of the building and while walking I slammed my bag on the ground and cried out, “Why God?! Why?!” Out of anger I blamed my failure on Him.

I called my mother and spoke with her, I was angry and after talking with her I was convicted by the Holy Spirit. Through this experience, God was showing me that despite what happens, He is still God and is in control. The failures and successes of this world are only temporal. If I had failed out, He still had His plan for me, if I passed, He still had His plan for me. The next day I went and spoke with my instructor I found out they weren't going to count it as a failure and we're going to let me take it again. After further discussion, the track that I was on for that test I probably would have failed even if I did finish it completely. I had answered questions too quickly and was rushing through it. By God's grace I was able to take it again and pass it taking my time, trusting in Him.

That's the important lesson people, we need to put our trust in God that whatever happens, He is in control and will do in us what it takes to refine us and remove impurities. What God wanted to free me from was the ties I still had to anger in circumstances that looked hopeless.

Our Abba father is a goldsmith who takes us, His creation and refines us to remove the impurities and make us into the perfect being He desires us to be. An interesting thing about God's character as a goldsmith is that one who refines gold in fire must keep one's eyes on the gold at all times otherwise it will be ruined by the fire.

If you think about fire, it is a destructive force, yet it can create something beautiful. Through these trials that could destroy us, God uses to refine us. He keeps continual watch over us so that we will not be destroyed by the world and through Him we have victory.

1 Corinthians 10:12-14 (New International Version)
12So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

1 John 5:3-5 (New International Version)
3This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

These truths contained in these two passages gives us hope in the Lord. That in any circumstance we can overcome the world. Does this mean success by worldly standards? I personally believe these scriptures mean, in accordance with Jesus Christ being the way to the Father, that overcoming the world is trusting and obeying the Lord in all circumstances. Through failures and successes of this world, we are still heirs alongside Jesus Christ.

Galatians 4
 1What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. 2He is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. 3So also, when we were children, we were in slavery under the basic principles of the world. 4But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, 5to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. 6Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba,[a] Father." 7So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.

As Solomon found everything to be meaningless if apart from God we know that everything includes failures and successes. What is the point, if Jesus Christ is not the center? What can we possibly do apart from the Lord? I think Big Daddy Weave explains it best in their song Audience of One:

“So what could I bring
To honor your majesty
What song could I sing
That would move the heart of royalty”

“And all that I have
Is the life that you've given me
So Lord let me live for you
My song with humility”

"And Lord as the love song
Of my life is played
I have one desire
To bring glory to your name"

"To my audience of one
You are Father, and you are Son
As your spirit flows free,
Let it find within me
A heart that beats to praise you.
And now just to know you more
Has become my great reward
To see your kingdom come
And your will be done
I only desire to be yours,
Lord”

We are the Lord's and he has called us heirs, we are children of God. My brothers and sisters, I hope you will come to know the Lord as Abba father. What a honor! That by His grace, Jesus' sacrifice on the cross gives us the opportunity to become heirs. To live life as God has purposed. He's ordained our steps, we can choose to follow after Him or follow after the world. I tell you, a life lived for Christ Jesus will bring you joy, hope, peace and purpose in Him. In Him I have found all of these gifts and I thank Him with my whole heart. For he is making me into a man after His own heart.

Trust in Him with all your heart and He will NOT fail you. In Him put your trust and you can live the victorious life as an heir. My prayer is that the Lord will scoop you into his arms and you may call him Abba Father.

God Bless