DAY TWENTY-SIX
March
19, 2017
From Defeat to Victory
“I will give you every place
where you set your foot, as I promised Moses.” Joshua
1:3
Abraham Lincoln is widely recognized as one of the
greatest presidents in the history of our country, Abe stood tall and strong in
a very critical and decisive time in our history. We certainly would regard him as a successful
man. But this man also experienced many
failures throughout his life.
When Abraham Lincoln went off to the Black Hawk War he
was a captain. Through no fault of his
own, he returned a private. That brought
an end to his military career. His
little country village shop “winked out” as he used to say. So he failed as a businessman.
As a lawyer in Springfield, Illinois, he was too
impractical, too unpolished, and too temperamental to be successful.
Turning to politics, he was defeated in his campaign
for the legislature.
He was defeated in his first attempt to be nominated
for Congress and in his application to be Commissioner of the General Land
Office.
He was defeated in the
Senatorial election of 1854 and in his aspirations for the Vice Presidency in
1856.
Finally, he was elected President of the United States
and fulfilled his destiny and the destiny of a nation. Although maybe not as dramatic, Lincoln’s
experience is the experience of many of God’s people. The enemy of our soul comes to us after
repeated defeats and whispers in our ears, “You’re a failure!” He tells us we will never win, are trapped
forever where we are, and will never fulfill our God-given destiny.
The first chapter of Joshua tells the story of God’s
people who escaped the cycle of defeat and moved into the new day of victory.
Prayer Focus: Pray that
Fredericksburg Wesleyan will possess all the land and build all the facilities
on it that God intends for us. Pray
Galatians 6:9, “Let us not become weary
in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give
up.” Ask the Lord to encourage you
in your walk with Him. In your prayer
time, claim victory over evil for our church and for yourself.
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