My competitive side was getting the better of me. As far as we were into the game, it was clear I wasn’t going to win. I’d tried, strategizing my way through, but there was no doubt who would have the victory (not me.)
The temptation? To pick up the whole stinking board game and shake it. Maybe toss it. Maybe stomp on it, as I’d seen little kids I babysat do.
On that day, I was feeling like a sore loser.
That’s what Satan probably feels like every day.
Sometimes I need reminding of this, and maybe you do too.
Satan knows he is going to lose.
Victory, for all eternity, belongs to Jesus. He’s already won it. Fate is secure. Back in the garden when God pronounced His curses, Satan knew he would be the loser.
Still, he wages war. Sore loser that he is, Satan does what he can to stack the playing field so we doubt the outcome. He shakes up the board, so all the pieces look like they’re out of place and we can’t make sense of anything.
Like a bitter child about to be punished, he gets in whatever jabs he can anyway.
Satan likes to go down swinging.
That’s why faith is still a fight, even though we know who is going to win in the end.
When suffering and sorrow make fear and desperation seem credible,
Remember:
- The end is near
- Death will die
- Satan will be bound
- Christ has overcome the world
- There is no condemnation for those who are Christ’s
- God gives us the victory through Jesus
This battle of faith isn’t about winning because it’s already been won. Instead, it’s about persisting.
The believer’s rallying cry is simply keep on.
Though that sore loser thrashes and trash talks and threatens that he isn’t playing, we know he’s missed the whole point of the game anyway. We’re not to miss it, too.
“Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.” –1 Corinthians 15:58
Continuing to do the next thing, to play by God’s rules, to live faithfully to the finish line with our eyes on the prize- is not in vain.
Satan’s a sore loser, but He will lose!
“Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.” -1 John 5:5
Keep fighting the good fight of faith!
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PERSEVERE was my word for 2021, so this post.is striking a chord for me in a battle that I continue to fight!
What a great word of the year! Happy Easter, Michele!
I like this. Keep on. The devil is a sore loser. Keep on.
Keep on! Amen! Happy Easter, Nylse!
It’s kind of insane that Satan does what he does, knowing what his end will be. But I guess wreaking as much havoc as he can while he can must give him a perverse sense of joy. I’m thankful he will not only lose in the end, but God has given us armor and weapons against him now.
It is insane! So grateful we know who has victory in the end! Happy Easter, Barbara!
The end is near
Death will die
Satan will be bound
Christ has overcome the world
There is no condemnation for those who are Christ’s
God gives us the victory through Jesus
Amen! Thanks, Bethany.
Amen, Debbie! Happy Easter!
Bethany, this is such good encouragement: “This battle of faith isn’t about winning because it’s already been won. Instead, it’s about persisting.”
Thanks, Lois! So grateful he helps us persist!
I just discovered your blog via Twitter.
I love your description of Satan as a sore loser!
Thanks, Barb! Nice to meet you!