VICTORY IN JESUS

By Rick Mathes

Matthew 12:20 A BATTERED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK OFF, AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT PUT OUT, UNTIL HE LEADS JUSTICE TO VICTORY.

Let’s face it: strength is vanity, power is delusion and might is a lie. Just ask the fallen giants of the past and notice that the last man standing is Jesus Christ! Now turn your eyes to the shadows and count the alcoholics that have thrown down the bottle and picked up the Bible, the addicts that threw away their needles and picked up the cross of Christ. Watch the whores throw down their evil ways and lift holy hands to the King!

Those left behind have taken serious notice that money, talent and time can be exploited and corrupted leading straight to death. They can all so smoothly let you have more than you can handle then pull the rug out from under you. This leaves you bruised physically and smoldering spiritually.

Revival can begin with one poor man. It only takes one lit match to illuminate a universe and that lamp on a hill may very well be you. It takes a lot of intelligence to have it all and just a small amount of ignorance to lose it all. Been there, done that!

Any punk can soak his brain with alcohol, stuff his nose with coke and have sex like a stray dog. It takes a man’s man like Jesus to demonstrate how a man of God should act and really live in His image and likeness. Jesus can turn around any backslides in a New York minute. So you have no excuse for refusing the healing and holiness of the Holy Spirit.

Draw a circle around you with chalk and be a praying man. Soon others will intercede your prayer circle with theirs and the prayer chain will begin to grow. Be that first domino to fall before the cross and nudge the others to follow likewise.