The Joy of Victory

UV 3503/10000 The Joy of Victory
The Lord your God is in your midst,
A Warrior who saves.
He will rejoice over you with joy;
He will be quiet in His love ( making no mention of your past sins)’
He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.

Zephaniah 3 v 17


The Lord God is in our midst not as a warrior who steals, robs or kills but as a warrior who saves. Jesus is the Saviour- Warrior. We do not have to fight any war alone, including the current war against the pandemic Covid-19 alone. The most difficult war is fighting an invisible enemy. The invisible enemy is almost invincible. But the Saviour- Warrior is in our midst as the Invisible Invincible. Without making much noise or much ado, He saves us in every crisis, individual or collective, that we face. We may have struggles in life but He guarantees us victory in the end. The greater the struggle, the bigger the challenge, the greater the joy, the bigger the rewards of victory.

Jesus knows we are sinners saved by His grace. He does not remind us of our sinful past, the mistakes we made. Instead, He rejoices over us as if we had never committed mistakes or sins. We are His trophies, His emblems of victory. He rejoices over every individual He saves as if he alone matters like the good Shepherd who rejoices over saving a lost sheep. Therefore, we can face life’s challenges with courage, confidence and joyfully. We are more than conquerors or warriors for the latter need to fight on their own strength and resources while the Lord fights on our behalf as long as we repose faith and trust in Him and His word.

The enemy of our souls attempts constantly to steal our peace, our joy, our health, our finances, our well being. He does it stealthily and sometimes even violently like a robber. Sometimes, his attacks and assaults are murderous. He weakens us by reminding us of our sinful past. But, Jesus is in our midst as a powerful lion, a great warrior whom no one can thwart. Our faith in Him is our shield and His word our sword, the unsheathed sword we declare with our mouths in faith.