Already Conquered
📖 “I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer I have overcome the world.” — John 16:33
In Christ, we are not striving for victory—we are standing in victory. Every challenge we face, every trial, every whisper of doubt has already been met and conquered by Christ. We do not fight for triumph; we rest in His.
The pressures of life can be relentless—temptation, opposition, fear, loneliness. They come at us as if they have the final word, but they do not. Their necks are already bowed beneath the authority of Christ. We do not have to muster up strength to subdue them; we stand in the One who already has.
Imagine walking through a battlefield where the enemy has already been vanquished. The fight is over, yet the remnants of opposition still scatter the ground, trying to intimidate. But there in the dust are the imprints of the Victor’s feet. Every foe has fallen beneath Him. That is where we stand—in the footsteps of Christ, where every adversary has already been subdued.
This is not a call to strive, but to surrender. We are not required to wrestle our way into peace, but to abide in Him, where peace already exists. The Christian life is not a continual effort to gain what we already possess—it is the faith-filled receiving of what has been fully given. He has overcome, and in Him, so have we.
Reflection Questions:
What situations in your life have you been treating as battles you must fight, rather than victories already won in Christ?
How does knowing that Christ has already conquered every challenge reshape your response to trials?
What does it mean for you to appropriate rather than achieve His victory today?
Prayer of Confidence
Father, we rejoice in Your Son, in whom all things have been conquered. You have already given us peace, victory, and strength in Christ. We stand in the triumph of Jesus, fully assured that no opposition has the final say. Every challenge bows before Him, and because we are in Him, we walk in His victory. Thank You for the full provision we have in Christ. We rest in the sufficiency of all that He is. Amen.
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📖 Excerpt from In Christ by E. Stanley Jones