{"id":2889,"date":"2016-04-14T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/?p=2889"},"modified":"2023-08-29T11:19:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:19:22","slug":"decisive-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/decisive-win\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Decisive Win&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">by Andrea Slawson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How would you feel going into your favorite competitive sport against a formative opponent, knowing without a doubt you would win? Would you go in confident, maybe even a little bold or cocky? I\u2019m pretty sure that\u2019s how I\u2019d face it, yet in the battles life throws at us, we tend to give up or fold under the pressure. What if Jesus had given up, folded under a pressure none of us can imagine? He had every right to. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What if we went into every battle in this life claiming we\u2019ve already won? Even when it\u2019s over and it doesn\u2019t seem to us that we\u2019ve won, we\u2019re looking through eyes of flesh instead of through eyes of the redeemed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is the mistake Peter made. He rushed through the garden into the battle, but Jesus stopped him. Jesus knew that the battle was already won. Peter didn\u2019t need to fight it, because in a few short hours Jesus would seal the victory for all humanity! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is a lesson for us. Do we face our battles as dry bones lying defeated in the valley? Or do we face them standing in the winner\u2019s circle with our Deliverer, as did Ezekiel? Are we like Elisha\u2019s armor bearer, whose eyes were open to the army of the Lord that had come to fight the battle? That army knew they were going to win! We must trust in Jesus\u2019 sacrifice to win our battles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you need to see the victory in the battle you are facing today? It\u2019s there, at the foot of the cross where Jesus died to save us, and at the door of the empty tomb where Jesus was resurrected to give us a new hope and life. Claim that victory, walking confidently in the knowledge that the war has been won.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the Last Supper, Jesus invited us to join Him, to journey to the cross with Him, die to sin, and walk with Him in eternal life that begins here. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year at Lord\u2019s Supper we recall that Jesus walked victoriously out of the sealed tomb and, before His ascension, told His disciples not to be sad but to go and tell the whole world the good news. Our battles have been won. 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