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Overcoming

Life today is a road that is filled with obstacles and challenges. Some of the obstacles or challenges we face are either man made or simply just life happening. No one is exempt from challenges. There is no status or office in life that grants one a guarantee that says challenge free living. Even Jesus faced challenges that  ensured we saw His humanity and not just His divinity.

We were born to overcome and not to be overcome. Every challenge desires to snuff the life out of us unless one's faith is positioned for victory in every situation of life. I was not born to be a loser in life but a victor and neither were you. You and I have within us the DNA of an overcomer. We have a responsibility to see ourselves in the right perspective to enable us to overcome in life. David didn't see Goliath as a threat but as fodder for the taking. What had challenged an army for 40 days, David with the right perspective saw Goliath as small fry for His God. Maintaining the right perspective in the midst of the challenges of life will ensure victory. 

Meditating on the Word of God will produce the right perspective. Meditation on the Word of God allows the Author of the Word to paint the right picture within me of possibility as challenges paint a picture of impossibility. I want to challenge you to rise above the storm and see yourself through the images produced by the meditating on the Word of God Joshua 1:9.
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