The Word says that V-I-C-T-O-R-Y is stamped over my life and yours.
I Corinthians 15:57 (NKJV) But thanks be to God, Who gives us the V-I-C-T-O-R-Y through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Today and everyday, the Word of God must be our weapon for V-I-C-T-O-R-Y.
Ask yourself “what is your greatest fear right now?” Whatever that fear is, God has crushed that fear by the finished work of the Cross. God has V-I-C-T-O-R-Y stamped over that fear. The Word of God stimulates faith. The Word of God aligns us completely with V-I-C-T-O-R-Y.
2 Corinthians 2:14 (GW) But I thank God, Who always leads us in V-I-C-T-O-R-Y because of Christ. Wherever we go, God uses us to make clear what it means to know Christ. It’s like a fragrance that fills the air.
Each of us is in a spiritual and mental tug of war. The world wants us to be so filled with the world that there is no room for Jesus. In the Kingdom of God here on earth, we have to be so filled with Jesus that there is no room for the world. We are talking about the world’s ways, the world’s attitudes, the world’s desires and the world’s fears. In the world “it is all about ME“ and my fears. In the Kingdom of God, it is all about others. To love God and to love others as you love yourself. The goal is to be so filled with Jesus that there is no space for the world or my fears. It begins with being so filled with the Word of God that there is no room for the world. When we are filled with the world, fear will reign over our minds and mouths because we will take on the fears of this fearful world.
Ephesians 6:17 (NLT) Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
The covering for our minds and lives is the Word of God. Carry the Word in your heart and speak the Word of God with power and authority over your fears and all areas of your life.
Revelation 19:13, 15 (NLT) He wore a robe dipped in Blood, and His title was the Word of God. From His mouth came a sharp sword to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He will release the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty, like juice flowing from a wine press.
THE TRUTH OF THE WORD IS OUR WEAPON THAT CRUSHES OUR FEARS. KEEP THE WORD OF GOD ALWAYS AT YOUR SIDE READY TO BE USED AT ANY SECOND. WE MUST PUT THE WORD IN OUR MINDS DAILY SO THAT WE HAVE THE WORD ALWAYS WITH US LIKE A WARRIOR READY FOR BATTLE HAS HIS TRUSTY SWORD AT HIS SIDE.
Ephesians 6:16 (NIV) In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish ALL the flaming arrows of the evil one.
THE WORD OF GOD IS OUR SHIELD OF FAITH (FAITH OVER FEAR)
We have to pick up our shield in order for our shield to protect us from the fears and lies from the enemy of mankind. When we are shielded by faith, it is very hard for fear to sneak into our lives.
Romans 10:17 (NIV) Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.
In prayer and in the Holy Spirit, we can speak to our fears the Word of Faith.
To the lies that surround us, we can speak the Word of Truth. God’s Word brings joy, strength and V-I-C-T-O-R-Y.
Jeremiah 15:16, 19 (NLT) When I discovered Your words, I devoured them.
They are my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear Your Name, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies. This is how the Lord responds: “If you return to Me, I will restore you so you can continue to serve Me. If you speak good words rather than worthless ones, you will be My spokesman. You must influence them; do not let them influence you!”
Jeremiah 1:6-9 (ESV) Then I said, “Ah, Lord God ! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.” But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Then the Lord put out His hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.”
As we read the Word, speak the Word aloud and pray the Word over ourselves, we begin to see V-I-C-T-O-R-Y crushing our fears. The Word stimulates faith in our hearts, minds and even in our bodies. Every verse we read in the Bible contains 2 dynamics:
1) FACT…that is the Truth of God. Jesus came to bear witness to the Truth. Jesus is called the Word of God. There is a fact of Truth in every verse you and I read.
2) PROMISE…the FACT tells us what has occurred. The Promise tells us what is coming. Whenever we read any verse from the Word of God, there is FACT and there is PROMISE. Abundant Life comes when we read the FACT and speak the PROMISE.
For example, in Isaiah 53 the FACT is that Jesus suffered on the Cross. The Promise is that from that FACT we have salvation, peace of mind and healing from His finished work on the Cross. The Word of God focuses our minds on the V-I-C-T-O-R-Y Jesus has already won on the Cross. The FACT is that we have V-I-C-T-O-R-Y . We have complete V-I-C-T-O-R-Y over sin, death, disease, the devil and a long list of other foes, fears and failings. He gained V-I-C-T-O-R-Y for you and I at the Cross. The PROMISE is that anything you are going through you already have V-I-C-T-O-R-Y over it. In the Name of Jesus, by the Blood of Jesus shed on the Cross and because His Word promises it, you have V-I-C-T-O-R-Y . You have His Word on it.
1 Corinthians 15:57 (NIV) But thanks be to God! He gives us the V-I-C-T-O-R-Y through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 2:14 (GW) But I thank God, who always leads us in V-I-C-T-O-R-Y because of Christ. Wherever we go, God uses us to make clear what it means to know Christ. It’s like a fragrance that fills the air.
All of God’s Love to you,
Gary and Debbie Landon
