Seeking the God of Victory (EP #101)
INTRODUCTION
The God you seek will determine the victory you experience. It will determine your source of inner fortitude, your moral clarity, your mental endurance, and the determination of will to act sacrificially.
Spiritual Readiness is “the strength of spirit that enables the warfighter to accomplish the mission with honor. It is the will to fight and the ability to overcome adversity in the moment of combat or crisis.”
We do that in four ways:
Connection with Divine
Participation in a faith community
Living with meaning, purpose, and values
Sacrificing for the greater good
TWO EXTREMES THAT SHAPE YOUR SPIRITUAL READINESS
Spiritual Browsing
is the practice of sampling spiritual truths, experiences, and communities based on personal preference and felt-need. Faith is consumer option, curated to fit one’s lifestyle rather than transforming it.
Seeking the God of Victory
is the practice of pursuing a life of service and obedience to God with the belief that his way leads to ultimate victory.
TWO DECISION STRUCTURES THAT IMPACT YOUR VICTORY
Permission Structures
A permission structure is a set of reasons or justifications that makes it feel acceptable and consistent for someone to change their stance or behavior without feeling disloyal to their identity, values, or group.Obedience Structures
An obedience structure looks to an external authority that obligates another to act or think in a certain way regardless of personal preferences or sacrifices.
Spiritual Browsing Produces a fragile and shallow faith that is easily bruised, quickly disillusioned by suffering, defensive when challenged, overly dependent on feelings, unstable under pressure, and highly vulnerable to false teaching and spiritual burnout.
Seeking the God of Victory leads to a robust and resilient soul, anchored in God’s character, able to endure hardship without imploding, can face uncertainty without panic, receives correction and not collapse in self loathing, and walks in costly obedience with deep, quiet joy and peace
A LIFE STYLE OF VICTORY
1.Submitting my beliefs and values to the authority of Scripture
2.Ordering my relationships according to God’s design
3.Giving my attention to what God is doing NOW [Shame/Fear]
4.Avoiding activities that cool my passion for God
Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off your relish of spiritual things; in short, whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind; that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may be in itself. – Susana Wesley
5.Stewarding my resources for a return that is greater than what I have today
6.Crafting my skills and abilities for a cause greater than themselves
VICTORY IN TWO DOMAINS
DOMAIN #1: INTERNAL VICTORY
The character and integrity of my mind, body and spirit.
Victory over an addiction
Victory over a character flaws
Victory over shame
Victory over fear and anxiety
Victory over bitterness and unforgiveness
Victory over false beliefs and self-deception
DOMAIN #2: EXTERNAL VICTORY
Overcoming obstacles and challenges that would thwart your efforts to be the person God has destined you to be
Embracing and maximizing opportunities that will expedite the progress God has for you and his Kingdom.
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