A young man asked his friend, “Why does life seem so easy for you while I’m struggling?” He wondered if God loved him more. Later, in prayer, God spoke to him, saying, “It’s not that your friend’s life is easier, but your destiny is significant. The enemy targets you because you have a great destiny. Rise up and claim your victory in Me.” He was encouraged.
Friend, life’s battles are real. But more real is our victory (1 John 4:4, 5:4). The Christian life does not preclude you from life’s battles. It only guarantees your victory if you know how to leverage Christ’s finished work on the cross. You are destined to win, but you won’t win by default. You win by being intentional and by leveraging God’s wisdom (Revelation 12:11).
Perhaps the people we think are the most unfortunate may be the most fortunate (Matthew 5:10-12). The people we think that everything is wrong with are the people that everything is right with. The devil does not fight unless something is at stake. The greater the battle, the greater the blessing (1 Chronicles 4:9-10). Stop asking, ‘Why me?’ Why not you?
There is a God who teaches our hands to fight and our fingers for battles (Psalm 144:1). God teaches us to fight by opening our eyes to the provision of victory that we have in Christ and by leading us to leverage such provisions. Like Solomon, the wisdom of God is the secret to having a life of all-round rest and victory (1 Kings 5:4).
Prolonged battles are offen signals of special destiny. If you don’t quit, you will soon win (2 Samuel 3:1). Like the house of David, God wants us to wax stronger while we weary out the enemy. He wants us to persevere so we won’t give up. In the final analysis, it is the person who gives up that eventually loses out in the battles of life (Matthew 24:13). Don’t give up.
Your personal victory is the secret of generational impact (Romans 8:37). You cannot help people out of what you are still struggling with, or else, you end up a theoretician. It is when you win that generations coming after you would have the chance to win (Isaiah 60:15). Your failure or success is not personal. It is generational. You need to rise and take your place.
‘Demola Awoyele
Lead Pastor,
Destiny Impact Church
Akure, Nigeria