“When you fight to get victory, then you have lost the battle at the very outset… What then should you do when he attacks? You should simply look up and praise the Lord. ‘Lord, I am faced with a situation that I cannot possibly meet. Thine enemy the Devil has brought it about to compass my downfall, but I praise Thee that Thy victory is an all-inclusive victory. It covers this situation, too. I praise Thee that I have already full victory in this matter.’”

This quotation intrigued me because it reveals where our trust for the victory really is. Are we looking up to Heaven for help OR are we looking down from Heaven for appropriation of His already gained victory? So much of the time we head down the road of life asking God to come along and help us when that isn’t what He is really after. He doesn’t want to “help” us. He wants to lead in this relationship. His desire is for us to count ourselves dead to self, living from Heaven the life that is only Christ’s. His desire is for His people to look and live from Him… To see from His perspective… Only then do we truly live out the resurrected life. This is deep stuff! God wants us looking down from our position in Christ, not looking up from our condition. - This is something that God must teach us as we go through trials.

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