Undefeated
Life can be wonderfully beautiful but there are also seasons when it can leave you devastated. It can make you feel as if you are being brought to your knees and have no ability to stand. Beaten down time after time leaving you raw, broken, and hopeless. You have no desire to try and walk forward, you know if you do you will likely end up with another slap in the face, another painful moment, or heart breaking circumstance. And you know what? Satan loves seeing you here. He rejoices at your pain and knows that all the beauty that you were created to bring to this world is being stopped. He stands triumphantly staring down at what he believes to be the last of your resolve. Proud of his ability to defeat human kind. But just imagine if in that deep dark place, you chose to fight. If you lifted one shaky leg and then the next? Using your scarred hands to wipe the mud from your face. Imagine that instead of looking down at the destruction beneath, you mustered all your courage and looked up. Looked up into the tender and strong gaze of your father who is kneeling beside you in the muck and the mire. He takes your broken and battered body and gently pulls you to your feet. Giving his shoulder to lean on as you begin to take one step and then another. Imagine the look of horror on Satan’s face as he realizes you are not down, all his hard work was for not, because there you are again standing! Fear begins to paralyze his soul as he realizes that you have found the one thing that could destroy all his dreams. You have found the love, protection, and comfort of your warrior father. What damage could your war torn heart wreck on Satan’s schemes against humanity if you believed you weren’t alone? If you began to fight knowing that the battle is already won. Sister, this is your destiny! You are not called to defeat; you are called to victory! God has given you the power to make the devil run and hide. You are a warrior. As much as you may not feel it now… you are! Not because you are undefeated but because your God has never lost and will never lose. Friend, just know that today you are free to walk courageously believing that victory is inevitable because your battles are already won!
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John 16:33 “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.”
