1560 Focus On the Victory

Have you become so hyper focused on the challenge, that you’ve overlooked all the victories?

Yes, we all fight our battles, but my sister, God has already declared us more than conquerors with complete and overwhelming victory! Waking up overwhelmed, dreading the day, and miserable in our journey is NOT God’s good plan for your life.

But, is that you? Are you feeling overwhelmed? Are you dreading the day and all that will be required of you? Has misery become your companion on this journey? God has prompted me to speak to you today. Here’s what he asked me to say. “My girl, focus on the victories.”

You are surrounded by countless victories. Some you know, some you don’t. Today, we will talk about the ones you don’t know.

There are battles God has won on your behalf that you knew absolutely nothing about. The truth is, God is so good at his job that you often completely miss the fact that he had to step in to save you. He’s that swift. He’s that faithful. He’s that good. You never even saw all he saved you from. You’re literally walking in victories today you didn’t know were being fought for on your behalf. God is asking you to focus on those victories today.

Have you heard about the door that flew off a 747 jet flying out of Portland a few weeks ago? They were 3 miles high, and suddenly a 4 foot side panel of the plane just ripped off. It sucked the shirt off a teenage boy near the gaping hole. But here’s the crazy part … the 2 seats closest to the missing door were empty! Yes, empty! The plane held 178 passengers and only 7 seats were empty. Two of those seats were 26A and 26B.

No one was sitting in the seats right where 4 feet of the plane blew off! What are the odds?

Now think about it … if you’re on an airplane that is 96% filled and you have a middle seat on row 27 sandwiched between two strangers, wouldn’t you look up to the row in front of you with an empty window and middle seat and politely request that window seat? Why didn’t anyone move to 26A? Was everyone completely content with their middle row seat?

No. No one is ever happy over a middle row seat. Yet, here is this plane with 2 side by side empty seats, 96% of all the other seats filled, and the guy sitting in the isle of row 26 must have been thinking he hit the jackpot!

There are reports of a passenger claiming they held the tickets to that seat and they had missed their flight. That hasn’t been confirmed by the airlines, but it’s very possible. Imagine holding the ticket to the seat where the side of the plane fell off, and just happening to miss the flight. Whew, wouldn’t you wake up different? But, you didn’t hold that ticket, so you didn’t wake up different today.

But, I want you to think about this … YOU COULD HAVE BEEN ON THAT FLIGHT!

Seriously, it could have been you.

Up to just an hour before that flight, you could have bought a last minute ticket and snagged that available seat. But you didn’t. Nobody did. The seat was empty. Missed flight or simply not chosen flight, the seat was empty.

That’s miraculous. That’s victory. That’s God being so darn good at his job you never even knew it could have been you!

I’m claiming that today! God saved me from that! Now, I had absolutely zero reason to be flying from Portland to Ontario, but I could have. Just because it wasn’t in my plan doesn’t mean I wasn’t held safe from it.

I believe God simply wants his girls living in such aware...