Jesus Wins This War!

Galatians 6:9, “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

If you are not being tested or tried right now, hold on tight. Satan has not forgotten about you. He is fully aware of the efforts of every child of God and will do everything in his power to defeat us. But, we are not bound by Satan. We serve an awesome God who has already secured our future in Jesus Christ. In the power of the Blood of the Cross, we are loosed and we are free. The Spirit of Almighty God possesses our mortal bodies. Our Creator and Redeemer has broken the chains, loosed the fetters and opened the barred doors. We are free! Thank God we are free! However, we must keep our faith in God’s promises. By the nature of our commission, we are compelled to stand on the Word of God until we finish our mission here.

Don’t grow “weary in well doing.” Persecution of the followers of Christ has always been. Actually, tests and trials are the anthem of the “born again.” Persecutions and afflictions are synonymous with being a disciple of Christ. Paul testified to the deliverance of Christ because Christ brought him through persecutions and afflictions. 2 Tim. 3:10, “But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 11Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.” The Lord Jesus delivered Paul out of them all. That was Paul’s testimony. Paul “endured” hardness (to suffer, be afflicted) as a good soldier of the Cross therefore, he could instruct Timothy to do the same. 2Tim. 2:2, “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”

Persecution will become worse as we approach the coming of Christ and the consummation of all things. 2 Tim. 3:12, “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;” Though the enemy rises up to interfere with our mission, our victory has already been secured. Jesus declared victory at Calvary when He embraced the role of His sacrifice. Psalm 22:14, “I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.” Jesus poured Himself out on the cross and there is power in the blood of his sacrifice. Power to march into the enemy's domain, invading the places he has hidden the souls of the lost, hopeless, and imprisoned of the human race. The power and light of Jesus Christ will reach into these deep dark crevices of life and set the doomed free.

Take heart, be encouraged, we’ve read the last chapter in His Book. Jesus Christ is victorious. Put you trust in Him. Walk in His strength. He will provide everything we need to successfully complete our mission. Isaiah 40:31, “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”