Day 6- I Am Victorious
When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him
- Isaiah 59:19
Every year on January 1st we all make our resolutions and set our expectations for freedom from the trials we faced in the year past. Most of us become quickly disappointed by mid–January when our resolutions have failed and God hasn’t come through for us like we needed him to. I have had to ask myself this question, “Am I expecting God to move in my life this year or am I expecting the enemy to defeat me?”
Outwardly we make our proclamations that the enemy won’t defeat us but inwardly we believe that he will come in like that roaring lion to destroy us. Our expectancy for God to move quickly becomes overshadowed by our expectancy for the attack of the enemy. It is guaranteed in scripture that we will face attack but we can’t let that fear overcome us and ruin our faith in the power of the Holy Spirit within us. We can be assured, as God’s people, that the enemy will be met head on with that overcoming power of the Spirit.
No matter how many times we feel we’ve been defeated we must be confident in the fact that Christ has won every battle, even the ones we have yet to face. We must never let our faith and expectancy in the Almighty God be overpowered by our enemy.