HOLDING ON TO VICTORY

The old books that contained my filthiness, faults, ignorance and shame were opened and I pleaded guilty.
I had defaulted big time, and the devil was willing to make me pay for my guilt, He said mercy was far and he brought evidences before me that I could not deny. Indeed, I was guilty; I shunned the love that was shown to me and despised grace, and to such offence, the verdict was damnation.
Who would plead mercy for me? the accuser insisted no one would do that, he said I would have to face my verdict and bear my pain but just before I could accept the fate he presented to me that cool evening, another voice spoke to my heart the mercy I first heard was far.
Did he (the accuser) not say I deserved nothing but pain, depression, loneliness, regret and mess?  Did he not say there was no mercy for me? This new voice amazingly spoke words of hope to me. He acknowledged that even though I had sinned, my offense was fully paid for a long time ago saying "while you were yet a sinner I died for you".
"So what about these troubles? What about my faith that seem like broken walls? And what of the hurt I had caused myself and other people?  Or even the emptiness and lack of peace I feel for the guilt of my sins? These were questions my perturbed heart asked because my realities felt like I wasn't forgiven, like I was paying greatly for my sins as suggested by the accuser, but in my complaint the quieted voice spoke up "I am the river of living waters, whoever drinks from me shall never thirst."
 I began to gain assurance again; could it be that the accuser lied to me and sought my destruction more than he wanted me to find mercy? This must be one of the devil's schemes to keep us from accepting the mercy we have been so freely given by our Lord. He seeks opportunities to hinder our forgiveness by accusing and detaining us in cuffs of guilt till we finally meet destruction.
He wants to steal the confidence we have in Christ so that we will not be able to approach God's throne of grace to obtain mercy. The devil tells us we are unworthy of a miracle because we've not prayed enough to deserve it, he deceives us, and reminds us of how hard we have worked to cover up that sin and he is like "Are you sure you want to give up now?", "Ooh! yes devil; I give up!" -  It reminds me of God’s word in James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.” We do not owe the devil any explanation for our lives, it is only God, that we owe submission because He made provision to redeem us, by dying for us on the cross of Calvary.
So regardless of what sin you have committed, what guilt you feel or what pain you are going through right now, you only have to submit to God and receive His mercy and forgiveness over life, you will have to accept all that Jesus did on the cross for you, and once you have done that, with bold face you can resist the devil and he will lose his grip over your life and flee…
You see, we do not try to negotiate with the devil, we do not beg him, we resist him. So that evening, I yielded to the voice of mercy and gave up trying to bear my pain, hide my guilt and live as though I was perfect. I told God who could see my guilt, to forgive me the way I was and let His peace reign in me.
The devil lied and still does, but what is important is that we do not listen to him. I chose to listen to the voice that said that I am healed by His stripes, purified by His blood and separated to show forth His praise. The more I listened to the voice of victory, that of damnation ceased and I realized it had been defeated. So I stood victorious and still stands.

Choose To Hold On To Victory.
Accept Mercy Over Guilt.
Much Love