Victorious

Is victory defined only by wealth and public standing, or it something greater? I'm sitting on my job, putting in hours, drawing a check, not as wealthy as my talent would speak to. Still I feel victorious. I feel victorious because I overcame. With the help, power and might of God, I overcame every obstacle that told me I couldn't do anything. I pulled down every stronghold that told me to pull the cover over my head and accept a victimized mindset because I'm not where I want to be.

I called a liar those things that told me I was a failure. I may have fallen, but I will not allow that verb to become an adjective of my character. I know I'll get there, wherever there is for me. I know that eventually, with hard work and perseverence, I'll stand where God wants me to. Victory isn't always over a physical thing. Sometimes it's standing victorious over the mind. The greatest lies your subconscious can come up with can and will manifest with but a little effort from you.

Accept it, don't rebuke those thoughts and denounce them as a liar, and they claim success. I am victorious because when the lion roared for me to give up, when he mocked me with past failures, I moved forward still. I am victorious because I choose to be victorious. I choose to be greater than circumstance. Failure is a lesson of life, it points out the pitfalls I would not otherwise see. It is a lesson to be learned from and not repeated. It is something to say, I'm better than this! Let's get it!

Be victorious. First you must be victorious in your mind. Don't accept fear and guilt for past mistakes, or doubts and regret. A wise man told me that I'll never move forward looking back. I believe and embrace that reality. The past is dead and should not be resurrected. There's nothing that can be unearthed from the past that will be what it was prior to death. Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it was in the past. Look forward. Look ahead to the day of your deliverance.

Expect your victory, require your future.