“Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ."
(2 COR. 2:14-16)
Not some of the time, not even almost all the time, but ALL THE TIME! And the man who penned these words had a life that could prove that it was so. The old Puritans would say, "When you fall, shout the victory." They understood that we always have the Triumphant One within us — and that the loss of a single battle does not mean the whole war is lost. I like what Jacob says of one of his sons, "Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last." Gen. 49:19 As Yogi Berri of the Yankees would say, "It ain't over till it's over."
We need not to pray, plead, or make vows to God to enjoy this precious promise, but only to appropriate it personally.
When the old-time lady of the house called out "supper's on," one need not to fall to their knees before her and beg, but rather sit at the table and appropriate what was provided.
The writer of Hebrews tells us the people of God in the Old Testament didn't enjoy the victorious life awaiting them that God had provided because of their lack of appropriating it by faith. To appropriate simply means, "to take (something) for one's own."
"WHEN GOD PROVIDES SOMETHING HE SAYS TO US, 'HERE IT IS, IT'S YOURS FOR THE TAKING.'" THE REST IS UP TO US!
(rds)
An Old Disciple
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