The Key to Living A Victorious Life

Have you sometimes looked at people you believe are winners and wonder, “how is it that their lives always seem to go so well?”  Do you wonder if they have some kind of grace that you cannot attain or some divine aura over them to guarantee them success?  Living a victorious life is not as difficult as you may think.   

Living victoriously is as simple as believing what God has said in His word.  It is by faith that we have the hope of a better life.  The scripture tells us that God has a plan for our lives.  The plan is to help us and not harm us, to give us hope and a future.  Jeremiah 29:11. 

Once I gave my life to Christ, I believed everything would be “perfect”.  I believed that somehow, all my problems would instantly dissolve, and I would walk into a fairytale world where nothing could go wrong.  I naively believed that all “born again” people were pure and good, and they would not knowingly do anything wrong.  My very idealistic point of view dispelled, quickly.  I soon found that people are forgiven, but not perfect, and my problems were still my problems, they did not just go away.

What I finally realized is that living victoriously had very much to do with faith in God’s promises and a willingness to be changed.  Many problems serve to help us see where we need to change.  An awareness of God’s presence and an understanding that we are never alone makes finding the answers so much easier.  God wants us to overcome our problems, to solve them successfully. 

I compare that process to how I stood away from my children while they learned to walk.  I watched them falter and try again until they perfected the process.  No matter how helpless they felt, I was there watching over them making sure they were okay.  Normal development necessitated that I allow them to experience finding their own balance.  Finally, they gained confidence, and they realized it was in their power to achieve it.  They mastered the skill.  God wants that for us.

If you want to achieve a victorious life, include God in your planning.  Embedded in our decision to follow Christ is the victorious life for which we yearn. 

God empowers us to live triumphantly!  Do I have any problems?  Of course, but I also have help, I am never alone. God is always watching over me. The key to a victorious life is trusting God with your future.

Deuteronomy 20:4 NIV  4 For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.”