I’ve
often heard people say, “It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you
play the game.” That’s nonsense. If you play the game right, you’ll
win!
Any coach will tell
you that part of playing the game right is having a winning attitude.
That’s what God wants us, as believers, to have. He wants us to have so
much faith in Him that we expect to whip any obstacle the devil brings our way. He wants us to expect to win at the game of life.
But
most of us don’t come by that attitude easily. We’re so accustomed to
losing that we have to totally change our way of thinking if we want to
have a winning mind-set. In Ephesians, the Apostle Paul told the Church
to renew their minds. Like us, they needed to change their attitudes, to
renew their minds to the fact that Jesus overcame the world.
If
you haven’t already, you need to do that too! You need to develop a
glorious sense of confidence that says, “Hey, Devil, I’m going to be
victorious and there’s not a thing you can do to stop me!”
“But, Brother Copeland, you don’t know the kinds of problems I’m facing.”
I
know I don’t, but Jesus does and He said you should “cheer up” because
He can give you peace in the midst of tribulation. He said that when
Satan comes against you with everything he has, you should take heart
because He’s already beaten it—Jesus has already overcome it and so can
you!
First John 5:5 puts it this way, “Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?”
Do
you know what that scripture means? It means that if you are a
born-again believer, you have an absolute right to be a winner, to
overcome every aspect of this evil world. Think about that. Meditate on
it. Start developing a winning attitude today!
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