Promised Victory

Deut. 1:21--"Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee;Go up and posses it, as the Lord God of the fathers hath said unto thee, fear not, neither be discouraged".

The mission was complete, the twelve men had returned from their undercover surveillance of enemy territory. They now stood before their fellow country men. The report came in ; the land is good! But ten said it's impossible to possess, the people are too strong, its cities to well defended, and it's a land which eateth up the inhabitants. The people were swayed, they abandoned their invasion plans, and elected to return to the enslavement from which they had been delivered.They chose defeat even though victory was promised.

  We live in a 24/7 media world; it consist of television, radio, internet,phones newspapers, books, magizines and the trusted word of mouth.It's a media which even when factual, it can be misleading, prejudicial and often very one sided.Its truth are generally based on the opinons of the ones telling the story.We have televison programs swaying people to believe certain lifestyles are acceptable;some of our music degrades ,defiles and encourages ungodly living.The secular media tells us "it's your life , live it your way to the fullest", while some religious media tells us"Jesus died for your sins so you can live any kind of life,and God understands".Thus many are swayed to abandon Gods perfect plan for our lives,and return to the enslavement of sin to which we have been made free.Many believing the lies of the world live defeated lives when we have the promise of victory.12 went over but only 2 seen the promised victory from God.

 The word of God says "I can do ALL things through Christ who Strenghtens me",  who are we going to believe?The report of the world, or the word of God?We walk by faith in the promises of God's word,not by the sight of the lies the world shows us. The challengers might be strong but my God is stronger, the problems might seem like giants but our God is Bigger.We're are at the door step of our breakthrough, let us walk on by faith into the promised rest in the promised land that God has prepared for those who trust and believe him.We have been promised victory so why do we live defeated lives.