Don't Be Discouraged. We Win!

It's the reason why so many love sports movies and war tributes... classic good vs. evil. We love to watch the battle, to watch the team coming together against a huge rival, the underdogs defeating their opponents. We watch because we want to see good win. In a world where thousands of children are killed daily, the marriage has become a joke, and rights have become wrongs, it's nice to see good overcoming evil for a change.

I tend to get discouraged easily. I am heartbroken for our world... a world divided, wounded, and bleeding. I hear people speaking untruths and wince. The enemy is vast and unyielding- I have trouble seeing hope. This happened on the airplane last night. I had begun to read Winning the Culture Wars by Peter Kreeft and was saddened because the devil has been winning lately. I finally had to take a break and delve into the Word. God provided me with the biggest confidence booster ever:

Revelation 12:7 And there was a great battle in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought, and his angels.

12:8 And they prevailed not: neither was their place found any more in heaven.

12:9 And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world.  And he was cast unto the earth: and his angels were thrown down with him.

12:10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying: Now is come salvation and strength and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ: because the accuser of our brethren is cast forth, who accused them before our God day and night.

12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of the testimony: and they loved not their lives unto death.

12:12a Therefore, rejoice, O heavens, and you that dwell therein. 

We win! Hallelujah! I almost teared up at the thought. Overcoming the devil once and for all...that's a battle I would love to fight in... wouldn't you? 

I'm going to leave y'all with some modivation from one of my favorite movies of all time, Remember the Titans:

Fight on friends... I'm praying for you!