Rev. Chris Oyakhilome
THE WAY THAT WINS
đź“–Memory Verse: For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live (Romans 8:13).
As a Christian, it’s important that you see and interpret life from the right perspective, which is the Christ perspective. Don’t interpret life with your senses: what you can see, hear, feel and touch. Life is spiritual, and the way that wins is the way of the Spirit and the Word. You must see life and live it through the Word, not by assumptions or the theories of men.
When we talk about seeing life through the lens of the Word, it means everything you know and believe is consistent with the provisions of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Gospel is the Word of God concerning Jesus Christ, who He is and His mission, and His life in us today. He brought us the Kingdom-life, a higher life with higher principles. He completely baffled sense knowledge.
For example, He said, “…Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you” (Matthew 5:44). That’s not how the world relates. Moses said, “An eye for an eye,” but the Lord Jesus came with a new way to live.
The Bible says the Law came by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ (John 1:17). He came to reveal to us the life and nature of God, the way God thinks, the way that wins. This also applies to your health and well-being.
The world may endorse fear, disease and uncertainty, but the Gospel assures us of divine health: “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth” (3 John 1:2). If you ever feel symptoms in your body, don’t panic. Look through the Word. See from the Gospel perspective: divine health is your inheritance. Glory to God!
PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for giving me your Word by which I live in victory and dominion. I see from the Gospel’s perspective and walk in your light always. I refuse to fear or accept any outcome that’s contrary to your Word. I walk in love, I live in divine health and strength, and I flourish every day, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Proverbs 4:20–22 (KJV)
20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV)
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
Luke 6:27–31 (KJV)
27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
2 Timothy 3:1-17;
Jeremiah 23-25
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
John 8:1-11;
2 Kings 17-18
