TODAY’S INSPIRATION: VICTORY IS MINE!

“THE FLOWER THAT BLOOMS IN ADVERSITY IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF THEM ALL”
___Author Unknown

I have been going through some physical challenges lately. I know I am not the only one going through something. I do not know about you, but it seems the closer your walk with God, the more the enemy will try and attack you. When you are in tuned with Jesus, living daily for Him, the enemy cannot touch you spiritually, so he will attempt to attack you physically, mentally, or financially. He will use those closest to you, family and friends to help him. He will tell you that because you have fallen short, you cannot receive your healing, he will tell you that you are not rich enough, smart enough, pretty enough. The devil will remind you of your mistakes, failures, and sins. He will tell you that because you have fallen short, you will not receive blessings or healing from God. He will accuse you, condemn you, and try to persuade you that you deserve everything you are going through. And if you are focused on what the enemy is saying, and not on what the Word says, you may begin to believe the lies of the devil.

“What shall we then say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)

Jesus tells us we would go through some things in this world. But He also said He had overcome the world. God said, “You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you” (Isaiah 54:14). The truth is that the devil cannot enforce anything in our life if our heart and soul is steadfast in faith and in the righteousness of Jesus.

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)

Jesus said we are healed, and we know our God cannot lie. We must not forget that God did not say there would be no weapons formed, He said they would not prosper.

“no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me,” (Isaiah 54:17)

“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” (Romans 8:37)

So yes, the enemy will attack our body with symptoms. We will feel the pain. The doctors say you are sick. We hear them. The test confirms we are sick. We see them. What we are hearing and seeing begins to affect what we are thinking. Then we speak it, the facts say that I am sick. So do we walk according to the facts, or do we walk by faith? Whose report are we going to believe? The truth is Jesus said by His stripes I am healed. Jesus shed blood on the cross for my healing. So why do we pray for healing when we are already healed? This is the time to stand up and declare, because of Jesus’s finished work I am not trying to get healed, I am already healed!

“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5)

“If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you” (Romans 8:11)

I will pray for the healing to manifest and I will pray for strength to endure. But what I will not do is give in to the enemy and speak his lies. I do not care what it feels or looks like, I will stand on the victory ground which Jesus has given me. I am here to tell you, the doctors, the medications, can only work when you are believing and fighting from victory. Your words are powerful and it makes a difference when you know you are fighting from victory and not for victory! Love and Blessings…

“But thanks be to God! He gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 15:57)