Winner

Winner

What an interesting word, the word "winner" conveys a sense of finality. The word puts a full stop during any game or battle. Once a winner is declared, the battle is over.

1st Corinthians chapter 15 verse 57 says "But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." As a Christian youth you might wonder why it seems that you daily struggle with sin! It may come in various forms such as lying, cheating, lust, disobedience to parents, wordliness and so on. However , before you start condemning yourself, lets look at what the bible says about our struggle, it says in Galatians 5:17 that "...the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would." Simply put the bible is saying that there is a struggle within every one of us! The struggle between doing what is right and doing what is wrong. The struggle between good and evil , the flesh and the Spirit, betwen your conscience and your desires! Many of you must have seen cartoons portraying the devil of the left side and an angel on the right side of a persons head, the devil yells at him to do evil while the angel whispers to him to do good!. Ever feel like that?

Despite our daily struggles there is good news! The good news is that you don't have to struggle any more, don't get me wrong, temptations will come but ( remember our verse in 1st Corinthians ) thanks be to God who continues to give us victory ( declares us the winner ) daily through Christ Jesus. In a nut-shell if you give your life completely to God and hand over all your struggles to Him - He will make sure that you win daily. Can the devil defeat God? Can the devil defeat Christ in you? Can the devil defeat you? The devil has to pass through God, then Jesus and then the Holy Spirit before he gets to you.

Pray to the Lord and ask Him to declare you the winner every day and He will.

J.E