Victory is our gift from God to celebrate. According to Webster, the concept of victory was brought into the English language from Anglo-French and Latin sometime during the fourteenth century. The definition looks like this: n. The overcoming of an enemy or antagonist 2: achievement of mastery or success in a struggle or endeavor against odds or difficulties.
On a somewhat shallow social level, we call job promotions and pay raises, academic degrees, and especially sports team wins, victories. These things are all good. But, because we are weak and deluded in a broken world, we put too much stock in these temporary victories. Worse, we often claim they were won by our efforts alone.
Moment of Celebration
If we win our victories on our own, then our celebrations are also tied to human thoughts and emotions.
One person with a negative outlook can easily flatten the mood of any gathering. It’s far better to acknowledge that victory is our gift from God to celebrate His power and grace to us. That way, both the victory and the celebration are lasting.
Victory is our gift from God to celebrate, and Scripture repeatedly shows us truth.
God gives victory to people he chooses, when he chooses. Occasionally, for purposes of His own, God gives victory to an enemy of his people.
Victory is our gift from God to celebrate. This week, we can rejoice in the greatest victory of all. “Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Co. 15:54b-57.)
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Ruth DeMaat
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