A
victor is a
person, nation, or army that has defeated an adversary in war or combat. A
victor is the winner of any contest, conflict, or struggle. The word victor in Latin
comes from the word, vincere, which
means to conquer.
We are affected today by the victim mentality. What
breaks the victim mentality?
-We have to learn to free ourselves for our future by
letting go of our negatives and our past.
-Each of us everyday makes the decision on how we respond
to life’s challenges.
-It's our choice to play the role of a victim, feel sorry
for ourselves, seek pity, blame other, and become very angry or to achieve a
victory through faith, trust, and the grace of Almighty God.
-We can choose to look forward to the positive things yet
to come out from negative situations when they behind us.
Those who have been victims understand what I'm saying. You never forget the details, and you relive them again and again in your mind. Being a victim becomes a part of who you are. It influences your own perception of your self-worth and affects your response to everyday events for the rest of your life.
Jesus Christ was a
victim. He carries the scars to prove it. His scars are in His hands and feet.
But it was sin that left the biggest scar--right in the middle of His heart.
The Bible says that He will carry these scars forever, to remind us that He too
was a victim.
But there's something
different about Jesus. While we avoid being victimized, He willingly came to
this earth for the express purpose of being a victim. And those who loved Him
most were also victims. They watched helplessly as the man they believed to be
the Promised One surrendered His last breath on a cross. All their hopes were
murdered with Jesus. They were so sure that He was the Messiah. Now He lay in a
tomb. How could everything they believed in fall apart so quickly, so
violently?
If the story were to
end there, we victims would have no hope. Like Him, we would remain
victims--some of us in graves, others walking witnesses to the tragedies in our
own lives. People covered in scars with little chance of recovery, and no
chance to overcome our circumstances.
But the story doesn't
end there. On the third day Jesus Christ rose victorious from the grave. In
that moment He won the victory over sin. Since the wages of sin is death, He
also won the victory over death. And just as He was willing to come to this
earth to experience our pain and our anguish, our death and our grave, He is
willing to share His victory with us!
Once we realize that
we don't have to remain a victim, our focus changes. We cling to His victory,
and claim it as our own. The scars remain, and they continue to influence our
actions and responses, but we need something to remind us that we are victors,
and can remain victors in any situation.
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