I saw this picture today and I just loved it. It reminded me of the passage in the second chapter of Joshua where Rahab tells the Israelites that the people of Jericho had "melted with fear" 40 years before because the Israelites had God on their side. The people of Jericho knew that NO enemy could stand against the people of God.

And yet, the Israelites spent the next 40 years wandering in the wilderness because they didn't believe the truth about the power of God through them as much as their enemies did!

Things haven't changed much...the people of God still sometimes forget who they are in Christ and who Christ is in them. As a result many Christians live defeated lives with an occasional victory instead of the abundant life of victory God intends for them to live.

We have a promise we can claim...in a battle with our enemy, Satan, we are ALREADY winners! The victory is already ours! The enemy knows it, but he knows that as long as we DON'T know it, we might as well not have it!

So if you want to EXPERIENCE the victory that is already your possession, then live boldly as the victor that God has created you to be. Walk through life with the assurance that you are empowered by God, unconditionally loved by God, accepted by God, complete in Him, and VICTORIOUS through Him!