Imagine for a moment that you are a member of a football team competing for the championship. During your preparation for the big game, you discover that no matter what your opponent can accomplish, no matter what trick plays or formidable ability they possess, you have absolute assurance that your team was going to win.
Now add to that the knowledge that your team's victory has absolutely nothing to do with how well you play or what your individual accomplishment would be. All that was required from you was faith in the ultimate victory and a desire to give your best effort during the game. How confident and secure would you be knowing that, no matter what, victory was certain?
As God's men, this is exactly the game we are in--right now. In spite of what our opponent does or how much difficulty and misery he throws our way, he is defeated. No matter how poorly we play, no matter how many times we fumble and fail--we will emerge victorious. At times, Satan appears to be winning the game but his ultimate defeat came at the cross. Through the shed blood of Jesus Christ alone--and not by our own efforts--we have victory over death and complete assurance of eternal life.
But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:57).
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