NO CONFLICT, NO VICTORY; KNOW CONFLICT, KNOW VICTORY

NO CONFLICT, NO VICTORY; KNOW CONFLICT, KNOW VICTORY.
You can't have the victory, if there is no conflict. Christ has defeated your true enemy, but you only have the victory if you fight the good fight of faith. It is not your ability that wins the victory, but it is your faith and obedience that receives the victory from Christ. To claim victory while belittling your assignments and mission is to criticize God, as if God did not choose your path or go with you through the deep waters and dark valleys.

SOMETIMES THE PATH WAS NOT DARK. SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAD YOUR EYES SHUT.

When you whine, cry, grumble, complain, sneer at the path down which you have traveled, you are not victorious, because you are not viewing life from the vantage point of faith. You are putting yourself in the valley of disappointment, dissatisfaction, discouragement and despondency, not acknowledging that God had a purpose in taking you along the path you have traveled.

YOU FOCUSED ON THE DARKNESS OF YOUR OWN ATTITUDE, RATHER THAN ON THE PURPOSE OF GOD.

If you are in a place of failure because you chose the wrong route, then you should blame yourself, don't blame God or other people. It is time to repent and move on, quit being sour, trust God, give praise and depart from negativity.

If you are negative because you have gone through difficult times (over which you had no control because of parents, spouse, government), then you are complaining against God, because you are doubting that God was with you and He would take the evil that men had intended (IF ANY EVIL HAD BEEN INTENDED), and He was going to use it for your good.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE CALL GOD'S CHOICES "EVIL" BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT FUN THINGS.

God will not honor your anger, frustration, discontent as if it is faith. If you are a desert instead of an oasis, that is your fault. If you are bitter, instead of sweet, that is your fault. If you are critical, instead of uplifting, that is your fault. If you are a victim instead of a victor, that is your fault. If you are spreading darkness instead of light, misery instead of joy, contention instead of unity, anger instead of peace, resentment instead of love, that is your fault, but you can be delivered. Deliverance does not erase a lifetime of experience. It puts a lifetime of experience in context with the power and will of God.