The Triumphant Church, Part 4

We’ve been talking about the Triumphant Church and the fact that God has called us to be just that. The Church has been and always will be eternal. You can read passages of Scripture such as Revelation 19 regarding Christ who is faithful and true coming down from heaven and being followed by a great army riding white horses. Those are folks just like us. God has always had a Church, and He has always sought a people through whom He could work that would bring victory in the earth and bring glory to His name as a result.

Here’s the essence of what I’m conveying today, my friend. God has called you to always triumph! God has not called you to be defeated. Christ is not returning for a defeated, weak, or sickly bride. He is returning for a glorious Church, a radiant bride, and a victorious army. The triumph begins now! We don’t have to wait until we die, go to heaven, and follow Jesus on a white horse. God has called us to triumph and be victorious now.

I shared with some men recently something that I had learned years ago from reading a friend’s book. He said, “Here, read this; it will help you.” One of the things that has always stuck with me from that book is the Champion’s Formula. It is: I + M = R. You can turn the equation around, and it will work as well. The formula is: Intent + Mechanism = Results. Your results are equal to your intention plus the mechanism. God will always supply the mechanism for you to succeed if you intend to succeed. It’s amazing to me how many Christians don’t even intend on succeeding! They are fixed on defeat! They’re intent on being weak, sickly, and confused. If they intended to be otherwise, then they would have moved in that direction. 

God will always supply a mechanism. In fact, usually we have the mechanism within arm’s reach, but we don’t always see it or recognize it as such.

In Romans 8, Paul gives us a real word of encouragement. Now, this is the same Paul who had been shipwrecked on various occasions, beaten several times, abandoned, betrayed, and experienced lack and famine. Yet through all of that he says things like, “But thanks be to God who always causes us to triumph.” That needs to be our attitude today! Thanks be to God who always causes me to triumph!

Grace and peace,

Pastor Emory