God Who Gives Us Victory

The word that God gives His children is taken from 2 Corinthians 2:14, “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in victory through Christ. God uses us to spread his knowledge everywhere like a sweet-smelling perfume.” (ERV)

I would like to highlight a few words from the above mentioned verse. The first on is ‘through Christ’ God leads us into victory. We triumph through Christ, because it is only through Christ that we have peace with God. The second one is ‘leads us in victory.’ This victory is not for only for certain times, but a victory that we can enjoy always. The third part is that God uses us to ‘spread his knowledge everywhere.’

We must bear in mind that God enables us to triumph at all times. For many people the experiences of the past two years, the problems and calamities may cloud their mind. God encourages us to forget all that is behind, and to move forward, fixing our eyes on the Lord Jesus. The question is, ‘Are we going to dwell on our past experiences or are we going to trust the word of God?’ Let us make a decision to hold on firmly to the word of God, irrespective of what the past couple of years have been. God has chosen us in Christ, and we are assured that through Christ we will be led into victory. As we place our trust in the Lord, He will do mighty things in our lives this year. We will not face failure, but victory because the Lord is with us, and this victory is ours always, and for every situation we encounter.

In these days failure and success are defined one way, but the way God defines it is very different. The reason for this is that as human beings our knowledge is limited, and as we go through various circumstances, we can only perceive things as we see them. We as humans know what happened in our past and the present, but have no clue as to what the future holds. Since God knows the past, present and the future He alone can determine what failure will be, and what success is.

Let me place a few examples from the bible so we can understand this better.

David

David was an ordinary shepherd boy while his brothers were enrolled in the army. In the eyes of the world David was a simple shepherd who was a failure, and his brothers were successful men who served in the King’s army. At the right time, God raised David from being a mere shepherd boy to becoming a mighty warrior. God did not end here, for He further elevated David to become King over Israel. There was further honor for David when the Lord Jesus came in the ancestry of David.

Think about it that when one goes through some situations, the world may declare that they are a failure, but in God’s eyes they are a success. We see that failure and success and defined differently by God. It doesn’t matter how your life looks, just tell God that you will set aside all of the failures of the past believing that God will make you triumph in future.

Moses

Moses was brought up in the palace of Pharaoh as a prince for forty long years. However, Moses landed up in the wilderness, and was reduced to being an ordinary shepherd. The people of Egypt and others may have thought that this was a huge failure for Moses. Nonetheless, the forty years in the wilderness was the foundation for Moses to be raised to be the leader of Israel for the next forty years. God prepared Moses in those forty years, and used Moses to stand before Pharaoh, to break-down his mighty authority. What no one could do for more than four hundred years God did through Moses, and brought the Israelites to victory.

Though some of our years may appear to be futile and wasted, remember that these are the years that God has prepared to bring us into victory. Even if you have not accomplished anything up until now, believe in the Lord to fulfill His word and bring victory in your life.

Joseph

We read about Joseph whose brothers thought that they had finished off with Joseph when they threw him into the pit, and later sold him off as a slave. In the next stage Joseph was falsely accused and thrown into prison. Everyone would have thought that all was over for Joseph, but God had a great plan for Joseph. Every experience that Joseph went through was used as a foundation to raise him up, and none of it deterred the plans of God. God elevated Joseph to become a leader next only to Pharaoh King of Egypt. The brothers who hated him were made to bow before Joseph, and beg him for their food and sustenance. There is nothing impossible with God. We hear nothing about Potiphar or his wife, but we are still speaking about Joseph. Remember that the God we worship is one who will certainly lead us into victory.