Victory

DEVOTION
ROMANS
VICTORY
Rom 16:20
20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.
The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
NIV
It has been a long time that Satan has been at the top of his game, trying with all his worth to destroy the kingdom of God. Me, being a part of that Kingdom are fair game for this master thief, this consummate liar, this temper of my mind, soul and body. There is no question he places numerous illusions and make bizarre promises in an all out effort to get me to turn from my course and leave the Kingdom of God to follow after his ways instead. He endeavors to sway me with whatever he thinks I might yield to, in order to prove to God I am not worthy of being in the Kingdom, that God should kick me out as he did Satan. This, I believe is his tactic, his game plan, to make me guilty and thus punishable by God.
But, praise God, Satan fails at this task, true I am actually be guilty, in fact I am guilty, I am a sinner saved by grace. And I have no illusions of now being a perfect human being, without a trace of sin within my being. Sin exists, Satan keeps at it, I fail, but God does not kick me out of the Kingdom, because he, himself, reconciled himself to me, through Christ and Jesus paid that price for me to be able to be in the Kingdom and to stay in the Kingdom. The second part of this statement carries so much meaning and proves of my being in the kingdom. The grace of our Lord Jesus is with me. The “charis” the divine influence upon my heart and it’s reflection in my life is the prove. Jesus has a divine influence upon me, as a member of his body, as a citizen of the kingdom of God. Much in the way a king would have influence over his subjects in an earthly kingdom, with the power of life or death over citizens within his realm, Jesus has influence over me, plus he protects me as his citizen, as his friend, as his servant. His divine influence gives me guidance and brings peace and contentment within my being. What a joy to know he will be with me even unto the end. Satan may try to destroy the Kingdom of God, but he will lose, and I, because of Jesus will win, in fact I am already a winner, because I am not a citizen of this world, but a citizen of the Kingdom of God. This world is not my home, I am just passing through, my treasures are laid up beyond the blue, the Angels beckon me from heavens open door and I can’t feel at home in this world anymore