Do You Want To Be Victorious?

You must have the heart and revelation of God, of King David,

The man after God's own heart.

Listen to David's prayer at the dedication of Solomon's Temple:

David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, saying,

'Praise be to you, O Lord, God of our father Israel,

From everlasting to everlasting.

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power

And the glory and the majesty and the splendor,

For everything in Heaven and earth is Yours.

Yours, O Lord, is the Kingdom; You are exalted as head over ALL.

Wealth and honor come from You; You are the ruler of ALL things.

In Your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to ALL.

Now, our God, we give You thanks, and praise Your glorious Name.

But who am I, and who are my people,

That we should be able to give as generously as this?

Everything comes from You, and we have given You

Only what comes from Your hand.

We are aliens and strangers in Your sight, as were all our forefathers.

Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

[Our hope is in the Kingdom that lives within us and it's external expression;

The coming Kingdom of God that does away with the kingdom of this world

At the soon return of Christ Jesus.]

O Lord our God, as for all this abundance that we have provided

For building You a Temple for Your Holy Name,

It comes from Your hand, and all of it belongs to You.

I know, my God, that You test the heart and are pleased with integrity.

All these things have I given willingly and with honest intent.

And now I have seen with joy how willingly Your people

Who are here have given to You.

O Lord, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel,

Keep this desire in the hearts of Your people forever,

And keep their hearts loyal to You.

And give my son Solomon the wholehearted devotion

To keep Your commands, requirements and decrees

And to do everything to build the palatial structure for which I have provided.'

Then David said to the whole assembly,

'Praise the Lord your God.'

So they all praised the Lord, the God of their fathers;

They bowed low and fell prostrate before the Lord and the king.

(1 Chronicles 29:10-20)

Today, nothing has changed; the Eternal God gives each one of us

The opportunity to serve Him wholeheartedly,

Which is the only way He can be served.

We must be holy as He is holy; perfect as He is perfect.

Apart from Him we can do nothing pleasing to Him.

Everything material that exists belongs to Him, He created it all by His Word.

However, He gives everything that He has to those who belong to Him;

Every material thing and everything of His Spirit; holding nothing back.

It is all ours if we hold nothing back from Him.

If we belong to him we are strangers and aliens in this world.

The Kingdom we belong to is the Kingdom of God.

We are in the world but we must not be of it.

If we are of the world we belong, not to God,

But to Satan the ruler of this world

And the spirit of this world, Babylon, the mother of prostitutes

And of the abominations of the earth.

In spite of their good beginning,

Israel and king Solomon did not remain faithful to God.

Today, we have the Word of God like no other generation.

Today, will we remain faithful to God;

Will we love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength

And our neighbor as ourselves?

Will we seek above all else the Kingdom of God and His righteousness?

Will we lose our life to gain His? Will we be victorious?

Today, the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)

Save yourself from this corrupt generation! (Acts 2:40)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!