There is victory for me...

Sin is like an aggressive cancer, but if caught early enough it can be stopped in its tracks. As a rule it is impossible to end something that enslaves us outside of the freedom we find in Christ. The Apostle Paul makes that very clear in the book of Romans.

Chemotherapy and radiation is hard on one’s body but in some cases are the only alternatives. However those types of treatments must be used timeously, before the cancer has caused havoc! It is no different for the Christian in principle; we must learn to nip any bad habits in the bud before its destructive roots seats themselves. But seeing that we have been freed from sin and death it would be good for us to live as those who have understood that sin should no longer have dominion over us. As long as we breathe sin will continue to fight for its right of dominance. Nevertheless we must seek out God’s grace to overcome whatever our particular challenge may be. Christians have the mind of Christ! “Not my will but thine be done on earth as it is in heaven” would be a good place to start. It will be impossible to live with Christ in heaven if we do not die with Him here on earth, that is a given!

I have yet, so much dying to do, God give me the resolve to seek your face when it really counts is my prayer! I have been found wanting in this area of my life, please forgive me! How this particular battle continues to rage but I know the end is near, there is victory for me just over the hill. “God will make a way when there seems to be no way”, praise His name! This He has proved throughout scripture time and time again! But more than, has He not proved himself to us as believers? Amen and Amen!

Faith must be envisaged prior to the victory in one’s life. Now some in authority teach this reality falsely, they say if you have an ailment you must deny the reality of it. You must not believe that you have the disease, you must not give it any place, and they say that even if clinical tests prove your condition, it is a lie. They are the ones who lie; we must look into the mirror and be real with our own reality. Unless you see your sin you will never have the need to find forgiveness from it! However having said that we must now not believe that we do not have the wherewithal to overcome, that too is a lie! Christ has overcome and we have His Spirit! The sin that once held us captive can be conquered! That is a given! But we must believe it with all our hearts prior to relishing in that victory. We must believe the promises of God, praise His name! Sin looks to rob us of that actuality!

In other words we must step out in faith believing God for the victory that is yet to happen; this is what feeds our hope. Our senses are called upon to implement this truth; with our eyes we have been called to look; “Look unto me and be ye saved.” With our ears we have been asked to listen; “Hear and your soul shall live.” But the scent of faith must drive us to action; do you remember the woman with the issue of blood? She said in her heart if only? If only what? If she could only push through the crowds and get to touch the Lords garment she knew of a certainty that she would be healed. Now that is faith in action! What a lesson for us all!

Unless we learn to eat from the tree of faith how will we ever be able to speak about the sweetness of its taste? “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” (Psalms 119:103) - “Except a man eat my flesh,” saith Christ, “and drink my blood, there is no life in him.” Without faith in action it will be impossible to please God! Faith must feed our hope of that which is unseen; it is “faith that will lead us home”!

Regardless of the mountains that we see before us we know that just over the hill we will have the victory. There must be a progressive application to this truth in our lives; faith must feed our hope, which will ultimately be heaven. But along the way we must believe God for snippets of that victory, whatever that may be for you and me. Our lives must begin to prove this authenticity! What good would it be if we continue to grovel in the mire of the sin that once held us captive, we then only deceive ourselves!

When the lion roars and it will rumble will we be able with Samson to sing his song? "Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet." – My prayer for all of God’s children is that we may trust Him in faith for our specific deliverance. God be with us all in our endeavours to glorify him, Amen!

Signing off

Tyrone