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Claim Your Victory…

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THIS POST WAS WRITTEN SEVERAL YEARS AGO BUT IT WAS A TREMENDOUS ENCOURAGEMENT TO ME THIS MORNING. I PRAY IT BLESSES YOU TOO!

Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I met with the Author and Perfecter of my Faith before the sun came up but this morning was a little different than my average morning, this morning instead of seeking His Will, I Claimed my Victory instead. I marched around this farmhouse and I marched across the front porch, and the longer I marched the louder and bolder I became. Sometimes I struggle with life but I never struggle with Faith – so when I’m feeling “shaky” I begin to shout out all the Promises of my God and I claim my Victory as if it has already shown itself in my Life. He’s my God and I’m His child, and He’s already Told me how the Story ends. So, for all the in-betweens I face in this Journey Called Life I just keep claiming my Victory and I’ll persevere until the end. Isn’t that how you handle your struggles too?

“Taking captive every thought” is easier said than done when we’re facing “trials of many kinds.” If the trial is big enough, all the “what ifs” could drive us insane if we dwell on them, and before you know it we give the enemy an edge to push us over the edge because of it. But there isn’t a trial that God isn’t already aware of and there isn’t a problem He can’t solve. The real problem is that we can’t see the Victory as long as the mind is a muddled mess! Our ability to stay focused in His Word or in prayer is nearly impossible because our mind keeps going back to the mess instead. So when that happens to me, I eventually begin to SHOUT out the Victory He’s already told me would come. I know when I shout out the Victory He hears me for sure…but I know my enemy does as well…and the more I SHOUT the Bolder I become as all those fiery darts set out to destroy me are diminished…at least for now. When I SHOUT out I’m overriding all those things that have been consuming me and I Stand Taller than ever before! This is the Key to battling the spiritual war and it’s the Key to Victory over it all.

If anybody saw me shouting out they’d probably call for help. I’m loud, and bold, and determined. You might hear me SHOUT things like; “MY GOD parted the sea, healed the sick, and raised the dead THIS IS A PIECE OF CAKE for Him!” – MY GOD placed the stars in the sky and knows them each by name – and He calls me by name when He says “you are mine!” – MY GOD knit me together in my mother’s womb for SUCH A TIME AS THIS” – “MY GOD Prepared me for this battle before the foundations of the earth!” – MY GOD will use everything to “work together for Good” because I love Him and I’m called according to His Purpose” – MY GOD says “no weapon formed against me will prosper!” – “WATCH my God bring Resolution!” – WATCH my God bring healing!” – WATCH my God stomp out conflict!” – WATCH my God Strengthen” – “WATCH my God bring Peace that surpasses all understanding!” – “WATCH my God make all things Perfect” – “WATCH my God bring Miracle after Miracle over my life!” – “He’s the same yesterday, today, and forevermore and HE’S GOT THIS!”- and so the SHOUTING goes, with countless proclamations of VICTORY and the Goodness of my Perfect God.

There is no end to the things I can proclaim as I shout out my Victory to my Amazing God…the God of Miracles… and sometimes I wonder if He gets a little more pleasure out of my SHOUTING Victory throughout the Heavens…shouting out like the Warrior I’m Designed to be…than He does when I have a muddled mess going on in my head as I search for answers like a child. I don’t know for sure, and I don’t know His mind…but I do know that the SHOUTING Victory Strengthens me no matter how weak I felt before it began…and I KNOW MY GOD hears me.

How about you?

On High Alert…

/ www.LivingLarger.life

Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I met with the Master before the sun came up and I sat in His Presence for the longest time. My eyes were closed as our time was coming to an end and when I opened them up I saw that I was surrounded by deer on all sides. There were fourteen in total. Most of them were grazing but a few were on high alert. As I sat there enjoying the scene, God reminded me of how this is the way it is with His people today. Many people are nonchalantly walking what they claim to be the Journey of Faith but they’re too busy filling their own needs to notice what’s happening around them…while far too few are on High Alert. If I made a sudden move and issued a loud sound all of the deer around me would notice me and all of them would scurry away. One Day Jesus will make His move, and a loud Trumpet will sound to announce Him, and His Presence will not be mistaken even by a lost world. Some of us will join Him when that happens and we’ll be happy the Day has finally arrived. But those nonchalantly “grazing” with no care in the world for Him will be left behind. Isn’t that the way you see it too?

It’s not easy to understand how so many people seem to be nonchalantly grazing through life or why they don’t understand the Urgency at hand. A Focus on the Word of God would surely set them straight, but they prefer to focus on other sources instead. Whining about world affairs, the economy, “bad” people, and crime are merely a means of entertainment as long as they overlook what’s going on behind the scenes in the Heavens and they refuse to Proclaim the name of Jesus Christ in this dark world. The darkness we see raging all around us could so easily be snuffed out if enough Light would shine in its presence because darkness cannot exist in the Light. Every evil thing could be blown away if only we Believe in the Power that God has graciously given to His people…but few people believe that to be true. How people can Believe in a Supernatural God but not in the Supernatural means to fight the Supernatural Spiritual war is not easy to comprehend. As long as they believe they’re powerless…they are. As long as they believe they can’t do anything to Fight…they can’t. As long as they believe that they’re “doomed”…they are. But that’s not the way it’s supposed to be for God’s people. Anybody with the desire to be equipped Supernaturally to do their part in this war in the Heavens just needs to BELIEVE that it’s so…and it is. This is the Key to Victory and the only way to Win the War.

The complacency I see all around me keeps me very busy. I’m like a “watchman on the hill” doing my part to wake up a sleepy church and to help it find its way bay to its First Love. I’m doing my part to proclaim the name of Jesus Christ every chance I get and I’m doing my part to send evil back to where it belongs because I’m Empowered by the Creator of all. I’m doing my part to extend Compassion to the ones nonchalantly grazing and I’m doing my part to Speak the Truth…even if it sometimes hurt. I’m doing my part to Share the Gospel every time God opens the door for me to do so and I have no fear of the consequences when I do. As long as there is breath in my body I’ll be doing my Part and if the Living God calls me to do more, I’ll do that too. I’m on High Alert. The King is coming and One Day every knee will bow in His Presence. My Part is to do whatever I can do to “save” as many as I can from what’s in store for those who don’t believe. The way I see it, that’s what we’re ALL called to do.

My Mission has been Refinforced this morning and God used a small herd of deer to do it. I KNOW what He’s called me (and you) to do and I am Armed and Ready Supernaturally for the Job. I BELIEVE I have all that I need to do what He’s called for me to do and I believe that my Supernatural God has equipped me with access to Supernatural things to authenticate that I am a child of the Living God and to show the dark world what I’m Made of. I have no fear of what’s in store and I don’t fear the consequences of boldly proclaiming my Faith. The way I see it, if I should die for Serving the One who died for me, there is no greater honor.

How about you?