People everywhere are playing games on the social media
sites. Candy Crush is one of the favorites. Doctors, lawyers, bankers, stay at
home moms, secretaries, teachers and athletes all play. I admit it, I play it
as well. I’m on level 125. I should say
I’m stuck on level 125. It’s ridiculous
when I think I’ve had to play some of those levels 50 times before I could pass
on to the next level. Why would anyone
spend so much time going over and over and over the same thing? Everyone I know who plays the game keeps
playing and playing and playing.
I’m reminded of the game of life. We are bound at a level of
rejection or indifference or heartbreak.
We want to go past it, move on, but we’re stuck. Sometimes we think it’s
not worth the effort and we quit altogether. We’re ready to move on to
something else. Find another way to
play.
Life is not really a game but we are participants. We have to be serious about it to get
through. If we’re content to stay at
level one we can do that. But God is
always encouraging us to step up, go up, move up. There are great rewards at the higher levels
with Him.
We see the more difficult times of our lives as game ending
events. But the Lord sees them as life enhancing events. As we go through it
all our faith level is increased with every level. God will give us the strength to go on when we
lay that rejection at His feet, knowing that He was despised and rejected
Himself. He knows how it feels and yet He went on to the cross, stepped into
hell, rose again and is sitting at God’s right hand!
Sometimes the levels seem like a breeze, other times they
are especially hard. But as long as we keep Jesus with us, helping us every
step of the way, we will be victorious over the small things and eventually we
will be victorious over it all.
Winners are not those who are better, have it all together
or know the cheats. No, winners are those who know their limitations, see their
inabilities clearly and call upon the One who knows how to navigate every degree
of their lives. Winners cannot be
pointed out for their strength or their charisma or their talents. Real winners
are those who have simply kept playing the game of life and never quit, always
relying on the Lord Who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we can
ask or think.
Oh beloved, if you decided it was easier to quit, God is
lovingly calling you to get back in the game. It doesn’t matter what someone
else has declared about you, you are destined to win. It doesn’t matter what
kinds of obstacles to the next level you encounter, God has declared you an
overcomer. Nothing can keep you from
winning because God loves you and He’s for you and that’s all you will ever
need to be a winner in life.
2 Kings 3:18 But this is only a simple
thing for the Lord, for He will make you victorious over the army of Moab!
James 1:12 Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who is
patient under trial and stands up under temptation, for when he has stood the
test and been approved, he will receive [the victor’s] crown of life which God
has promised to those who love Him. (Amplified)
I John 5:4 For every child of God defeats
this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.
Psalm 44:3 They did not conquer the land with their swords;
it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory. It was Your right hand
and strong arm and the blinding light from Your face that helped them, for You
loved them.
1 Corinthians 15:57 but thanks be to God, who gives us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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