Devotional: Victory

Hey everyone, it, again, has been a long time. I have had a really hard time writing anything. I have many drafts of things that I haven't been able to work out yet. Yet nothing to post, so I thought I would try something new. I am going to take the daily verse from the bible app I use. I don't think these will be long, kind of like devotional size, or maybe not. We will see. I am hoping I can do this for more than one post.... We will see.

From bible.com

"No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is our through Christ, who loved us."

-Romans 8:37 NLT

It is easy in this world to feel broken, lost, defeated. Sometimes you feel so very far from Jesus, maybe even think he no longer loves you because of all the pain you face, but we have an assurance that few others have in hard times. Despite everything that can go wrong, everything that we can lose, we have the final victory through Jesus. The CJB version says we are superconquerors, I like that. We are not just the winners, we are in every way possible, so much over just being a winner, we have God's own promise of victory over death, and eternity with him.

How are we so sure that we have this "overwhelming victory" in every battle we may face? We have "...Christ, who loved us." This takes me back to John. How much did Christ Jesus love us? That he gave his life on the cross for whoever believes in him will not perish, but have eternal life. This is a guarantee. Jesus was the first to be risen, not by someone else, but by his own hand, and he is our key to a door we will open at the end of all things. And if Jesus loved us so much that he was willing to die for us, how much more the love of God is that he sent Him to die for us, to bring us back to Him.

No matter what takes you down in your day, be assured that things will get better. You will have the victory and peace in your life, when we become one with God. We can face anything that the world throws at us because we already won, 2000 years ago at the cross.

Lord, when I hit a hard time in my life, remind me that it will not last, that I already have victory through your Son and will have eternity to revel in Your victory.