God Always Wins
God has a history of coming through and accomplishing what He desires, when He desires it. The enemy's attempts to thwart God's plans have come up short 100% of the time. God is literally batting 1000.
Despite this incredible record of victory, God's team wonders how it will all turn out for them. This is really a ridiculous...even unreasonable...thought God's team seems to entertain. With a winning record of "always" those who are members of God's team should be sure of complete victory in each battle.
The amazing truth of playing on God's team is that He really only requires partnership...willingness. Apart from willingness, God requires that I bring nothing of my own to the field. God puts all the resources, direction, timing, skill, opportunity, and relationships together if I will just open my heart to Him, agree with Him about His plans as He reveals them, and make myself present for the game.
Yet every team knows this: the attitude of all the players really matters! If you have ever coached, or watched a good coach, you know a victory is sweetest when the team is fully engaged and in agreement. What good is a win if no one feels the power of it. What coach is honored by a grumbling and worried team? God wants us to have confidence in His strategy. He wants us to remember all of the past victories He has led us to and through...He wants our vision of His ability to agree with His proven record. Our attitude, when faced with a new opponent or a new open door really matters!
God is opening significant doors before us in this moment. Many of us will walk through those doors because we know and love God, just because we are on His team. But how we walk through those doors really matters to God. By virtue of His perfect record alone, He deserves a company of people celebrating a victory before the first pitch is thrown!
Psalm 78:instructions.
Open your ears to what I am saying,
2 for I will speak to you in a parable.
I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—
3 stories we have heard and known,
stories our ancestors handed down to us.
4 We will not hide these truths from our children;
we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the LORD ,
about his power and his mighty wonders.
5 For he issued his laws to Jacob;
he gave his instructions to Israel.
He commanded our ancestors
to teach them to their children,
6 so the next generation might know them—
even the children not yet born—
and they in turn will teach their own children.
7 So each generation should set its hope anew on God,
not forgetting his glorious miracles
and obeying his commands.
8 Then they will not be like their ancestors—
stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful,
refusing to give their hearts to God.
9 The warriors of Ephraim, though armed with bows,
turned their backs and fled on the day of battle.
10 They did not keep God's covenant
and refused to live by his instructions.
11 They forgot what he had done—
the great wonders he had shown them,
12 the miracles he did for their ancestors
on the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt.
13 For he divided the sea and led them through,
making the water stand up like walls!
14 In the daytime he led them by a cloud,
and all night by a pillar of fire.
15 He split open the rocks in the wilderness
to give them water, as from a gushing spring.
16 He made streams pour from the rock,
making the waters flow down like a river!
17 Yet they kept on sinning against him,
rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 They stubbornly tested God in their hearts,
demanding the foods they craved.
19 They even spoke against God himself, saying,
"God can't give us food in the wilderness.
20 Yes, he can strike a rock so water gushes out,
but he can't give his people bread and meat."
21 When the LORD heard them, he was furious.
The fire of his wrath burned against Jacob.
Yes, his anger rose against Israel,
22 for they did not believe God
or trust him to care for them.
Despite this incredible record of victory, God's team wonders how it will all turn out for them. This is really a ridiculous...even unreasonable...thought God's team seems to entertain. With a winning record of "always" those who are members of God's team should be sure of complete victory in each battle.
The amazing truth of playing on God's team is that He really only requires partnership...willingness. Apart from willingness, God requires that I bring nothing of my own to the field. God puts all the resources, direction, timing, skill, opportunity, and relationships together if I will just open my heart to Him, agree with Him about His plans as He reveals them, and make myself present for the game.
Yet every team knows this: the attitude of all the players really matters! If you have ever coached, or watched a good coach, you know a victory is sweetest when the team is fully engaged and in agreement. What good is a win if no one feels the power of it. What coach is honored by a grumbling and worried team? God wants us to have confidence in His strategy. He wants us to remember all of the past victories He has led us to and through...He wants our vision of His ability to agree with His proven record. Our attitude, when faced with a new opponent or a new open door really matters!
God is opening significant doors before us in this moment. Many of us will walk through those doors because we know and love God, just because we are on His team. But how we walk through those doors really matters to God. By virtue of His perfect record alone, He deserves a company of people celebrating a victory before the first pitch is thrown!
Psalm 78:instructions.
Open your ears to what I am saying,
2 for I will speak to you in a parable.
I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—
3 stories we have heard and known,
stories our ancestors handed down to us.
4 We will not hide these truths from our children;
we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the LORD ,
about his power and his mighty wonders.
5 For he issued his laws to Jacob;
he gave his instructions to Israel.
He commanded our ancestors
to teach them to their children,
6 so the next generation might know them—
even the children not yet born—
and they in turn will teach their own children.
7 So each generation should set its hope anew on God,
not forgetting his glorious miracles
and obeying his commands.
8 Then they will not be like their ancestors—
stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful,
refusing to give their hearts to God.
9 The warriors of Ephraim, though armed with bows,
turned their backs and fled on the day of battle.
10 They did not keep God's covenant
and refused to live by his instructions.
11 They forgot what he had done—
the great wonders he had shown them,
12 the miracles he did for their ancestors
on the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt.
13 For he divided the sea and led them through,
making the water stand up like walls!
14 In the daytime he led them by a cloud,
and all night by a pillar of fire.
15 He split open the rocks in the wilderness
to give them water, as from a gushing spring.
16 He made streams pour from the rock,
making the waters flow down like a river!
17 Yet they kept on sinning against him,
rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 They stubbornly tested God in their hearts,
demanding the foods they craved.
19 They even spoke against God himself, saying,
"God can't give us food in the wilderness.
20 Yes, he can strike a rock so water gushes out,
but he can't give his people bread and meat."
21 When the LORD heard them, he was furious.
The fire of his wrath burned against Jacob.
Yes, his anger rose against Israel,
22 for they did not believe God
or trust him to care for them.
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