A young man recently shared his inspiring story of perseverance. Despite facing over 100 rejections for overseas scholarships, he refused to give up. His determination paid off as he eventually secured a spot, achieving his career dreams. I learned that it’s not over until you win.
Friend, it’s not over until you win (Micah 7:8). Success is moving from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. The real failure is the one who stopped trying. Failure is not final. If you keep getting up and pushing forward, you are already a success (Proverbs 24:16).
Any outcome that does not align with God’s word is not the final outcome (Isaiah 54:17). In the final outcome, you won. Your marriage worked. You got the job. You got the scholarship. You got pregnant and delivered safely. Your ministry grew and impacted the world for Jesus. You got healed of that sickness. You won (1 John 5:4).
You must learn to reject any outcome that is not of God. The way to do this is to rise up and continue (Acts 26:22). It is to keep believing and acting until you see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living (Psalm 27:13). It is to stay on course and on fire until your life becomes what God has said.
The new creation must learn to persist and insist until he prevails practically (Luke 18:1-8). The ability to stand on God’s word until it is fulfilled in your life is proof of faith. Jesus has won the battle for you, but you need to keep declaring this victory until it becomes your experience (Hebrews 13:5-6).
Winning is first a mentality (Proverbs 23:7). It is staying through with your conviction in the face of contradictory evidence.* It is aligning your confession with your conviction until it changes your condition. It is seeing failure as a stepping stone rather than as a stumbling block (Psalm 18:29). It is not over until you win.
‘Demola Awoyele
Lead Pastor,
Destiny Impact Church
Akure, Nigeria