God is a Winner

This week in Sunday School we discussed something that is critical in our understanding as a Christian.  God wins.  Sometimes we need to be reminded of this fact because we live in a increasingly dark age that reminds us more of the world before Noah than of any world in which Christ is victor.   Sometimes we focus on this in our discussion of the future and we look forward to the day when God wins.  But even this is slightly erroneous.  We certainly are to look forward to the day that God finishes His work and His victory is completed, but all the talk of the future leads us away from the truth that God has already won.

Christ's death on the cross and His subsequent resurrection were victory.  They were victory over sin, they were victory over death, they were victory over Satan.  Paul reminds us of this truth in 1 Corinthians 15, culminating in verse 57, ". . .but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."  (NASB)  God has already won and he is already sharing this victory with His children.  You and I have victory.  Today.  In this moment.  When we feel defeated.  When we are down.  When we feel useless and helpless, victory has already been won.  And because God is a winner, we are winners too. 

It is hard to feel like a winner sometimes, and even harder to know what to do.  Which is why I am so glad that Paul continues his thought and tells us how winners behave.  Real winners.  Not just people who call themselves winners.  Real winners he says are steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.  In other words, real winners keep serving Jesus because they know that serving Jesus is the ultimate way to victory.  The ultimate victor aligns himself or herself with the King who has already achieved the victory.  This is a no brainer if we can get ourselves to understand the victory that Jesus has already won. 

So consider this today.  No matter what you face.  No matter what your tomorrow holds.  If you have Jesus, than you are already victorious.  And that is reason to rejoice!