Win the Day.

"The King has passed over all these. Is it bodily pain, poverty, persecution, or contempt? Over each of these Kidrons the King has gone before us. "In all our afflictions he was afflicted." The idea of strangeness in our trials must be banished at once and for ever, for he who is the Head of all saints, knows by experience the grief which we think so peculiar. All the citizens of Zion must be free of the Honourable Company of Mourners, of which the Prince Immanuel is Head and Captain.

Notwithstanding the abasement of David, he yet returned in triumph to his city, and David's Lord arose victorious from the grave; let us then be of good courage, for we also shall win the day."

Some days it seems as if the perils of the day are much more ominous, the mountains of accomplishment are that much higher, and the storms of the world are intensely forwarded. Some of that has to do with where we stand in relation to our adventure, or, perhaps the amount of caffeine that to that was ingested to that point. For we so often sense only the perils and pitfalls of ours short journey we neglect to see the hope borne out of the spirits presence. For the darkness of guilt and shame are often in our peripherals,our hesitancy and courage engage in a tenuous battle for the kingdom of our heart. For just as David was able to march through Kidron with courage and contemplation, so must we embrace the spirit of Christ's victory and march onward to conquer the day.

"Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: The faithful love of the LORD never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, “The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!” The LORD is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him." (Lamentations 3:21-25 NLT)

Dare to hope? Should hope ever render a dare? Hope has become chanced, because we allow hope to become a gamble rather than a certainty. In the steps of those who depend on him, Christians often watch their feet more than the stars.

Remember our inheritance and what must be kept, for the word of the Lord is best kept by those who walk with him, and best found by those who search for him.

"You will be rewarded for this; your hope will not be disappointed. My child, listen and be wise: Keep your heart on the right course."(Proverbs 23:18, 19 NLT)