The Lord will march out like a Champion, like a Warrior He will stir up His zeal;
with a shout He will raise the battle cry and will triumph over His enemies.

[Isaiah 42:13]

 

Living the victorious life requires a recalibration of our thoughts. We come from broken backgrounds. We have habits that are deeply ingrained. We hail from families without parents, torn by divorce, generations of substance abuse, impoverished settings, sexual dysfunction, undernourished, ignored, and abandoned.

 

Then we accept Yeshua and everything changes.

 

Next, someone starts explaining our victory in Christ. We are called saints, not sinners. We are looked upon and spoken about in generous and gracious terms. This takes some adjustment. Many of us have difficulty seeing ourselves in a positive light.

 

I say to you, “Don’t worry about who you are, or about how you show up.” Just take the next step. The One who resides within us is doing His work. He takes us along on the ride to redemption. 

 

Yeshua was sent to get us over the hump, through the swamp, across the finish line. He is the great Champion. The Victor. The Firstfruit. The Answer. The Reason.

 

Get your eyes on the prize. Thinking about our history has us looking in the rearview mirror. That is the path that once led us to death. But now we have life and we live that life with the abundance of a child of the Most-High God.

 

Our enemies are God’s enemies. He teaches us to put them under our foot, behind us, and already defeated. Champions think like Champions. We look for the avenue to victory. We expect the miracle. We rejoice ahead of time because the victory is assured. 

 

Champions are warriors. We fight the good-fight. We even appear on cereal boxes!!!

 

Yes, it does require prayer, work, growth, consecration, obedience, and submission.  These are worship gifts we offer in exchange for the supernatural blessings of an intimate and everlasting familial blessing from Our Heavenly Father, the God of All Truth.

 

Be Like a Champion!