Keep Pushing Through to Victory!

Henry Ford once said: “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.” It’s easy to get distracted and pulled away from something you are struggling to attain. The noises of the world around can easily pull your thoughts away from the dreams you may be chasing.

Obstacles can easily distract you and prevent you from ever reaching that which you are so intent upon gaining. But, you must keep pushing through to victory! Don’t stop. Don’t settle for second best. Reach for the very best until you can grab ahold of it, and then hang on!

Maybe you are struggling with issues in your own life? Maybe there are things that are blocking you from pushing through? Satan loves to throw up roadblocks and obstacles to hinder your walk. Don’t allow these things to keep you from being what God has called you to be. Keep pushing through until you reach your victory!

The Israelites found themselves confronted by an obstacle they simply couldn’t overcome. An enemy army stood in their path preventing their forward progression. God told Moses to go out and hold up the staff that had symbolized his Source of victory against the enemies of Egypt. The Bible says: “While Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, but whenever he put his hand down, Amalek prevailed” (Exodus 17:11 HCSB).

The victory was not in the staff but in trusting God. As the story goes: “When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down on it. Then Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down. So Joshua defeated Amalek and his army with the sword” (vv.12-13). Moses and his friends were determined to see this obstacle come down. And come down it did! Victory was won simply by trusting God.

Your obstacles will become a part of the path you trod over as you put your trust in the power of the Lord to bring them down. Defeat belongs to those who try to go it alone! Whatever it is you are after, keep pushing—push through to victory! Understand that God has called you to live in victory through His Son, Jesus Christ.

Understand that “the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world” (1 John 4:4). Keep your eyes on the goal and keep pushing through until you reach your victory!

Scripture Reading: “No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. I will be with you, just as I was with Moses. I will not leave you or forsake you. Be strong and courageous, for you will distribute the land I swore to their fathers to give them as an inheritance. Above all, be strong and very courageous to carefully observe the whole instruction My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or the left, so that you will have success wherever you go. This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to recite it day and night, so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do. Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go” (Joshua 1:5-9).

Prayer: Father in heaven, I find myself crumbling before the obstacles that so often come into my path. I seem to be defeated even before the battle begins. I need strength from You to overcome. I need to learn to trust You and hang on to You as the Source of my victory. Help me, Lord, to be an overcomer. Help me to speak Your Words of truth to the enemies that try to defeat me and to watch them crumble before my eyes. Thank You for Your strength and ability. I love You and praise You in all things…in Jesus’ name…AMEN!