"For we live by faith, not by sight."
2 Cor. 5:7
In 1815 the French Emperor, Napoleon, had conquered the whole of Europe except Britain.
France fought against Britain in the Battle of Waterloo. If Napoleon won, the whole of Europe would have been enslaved to him. The man who stood between him and victory was General Wellington, the leader of the English troops. The whole of Britain waited anxiously to hear news of the outcome of the battle. Would they be free , or become slaves to Napoleon. To carry the news of outcome of the battle to England, a ship used flags to signal a message to a man standing on a hill, and so on across the country. The first word, "Wellington", was signaled...the next word was "defeated". Then a fog quickly descended and the message was interrupted as they couldn't see what the man on the ship was signaling with his flags. Across England people openly wept over the message: "Wellington defeated". Then the fog lifted , and they could again see the signal pinafores on the ship.
The communication continued with two more words:"the enemy".
The whole message was WELLINGTON DEFEATED THE ENEMY!
The hearts of the British people were immediately changed from deep despair to celebrating victory!
Similarly, there was great sorrow when the body of Jesus was carried from the cross to the tomb.
The signal seemed to say that Jesus Christ was defeated, but three days later the "fog" lifted and the whole message was announced: JESUS CHRIST DEFEATED THE ENEMY!
Through Jesus we have complete victory over our enemeies of sin, death, and satan.
We have new life, a glorious hope, and the certainty of our own resurrection one day.
Let us not live by sight, for everything around us seems to say "Jesus has been defeated".
Let us live according to our spiritual sight , for only then will we be able to see the whole message:
"JESUS CHRIST HAS DEFEATED THE ENEMY!"
-Reprinted from Asia Harvest's guest editorial by Hammie and Alti, missionaries in remote and dangerous areas of Asia
2 Cor. 5:7
In 1815 the French Emperor, Napoleon, had conquered the whole of Europe except Britain.
France fought against Britain in the Battle of Waterloo. If Napoleon won, the whole of Europe would have been enslaved to him. The man who stood between him and victory was General Wellington, the leader of the English troops. The whole of Britain waited anxiously to hear news of the outcome of the battle. Would they be free , or become slaves to Napoleon. To carry the news of outcome of the battle to England, a ship used flags to signal a message to a man standing on a hill, and so on across the country. The first word, "Wellington", was signaled...the next word was "defeated". Then a fog quickly descended and the message was interrupted as they couldn't see what the man on the ship was signaling with his flags. Across England people openly wept over the message: "Wellington defeated". Then the fog lifted , and they could again see the signal pinafores on the ship.
The communication continued with two more words:"the enemy".
The whole message was WELLINGTON DEFEATED THE ENEMY!
The hearts of the British people were immediately changed from deep despair to celebrating victory!
Similarly, there was great sorrow when the body of Jesus was carried from the cross to the tomb.
The signal seemed to say that Jesus Christ was defeated, but three days later the "fog" lifted and the whole message was announced: JESUS CHRIST DEFEATED THE ENEMY!
Through Jesus we have complete victory over our enemeies of sin, death, and satan.
We have new life, a glorious hope, and the certainty of our own resurrection one day.
Let us not live by sight, for everything around us seems to say "Jesus has been defeated".
Let us live according to our spiritual sight , for only then will we be able to see the whole message:
"JESUS CHRIST HAS DEFEATED THE ENEMY!"
-Reprinted from Asia Harvest's guest editorial by Hammie and Alti, missionaries in remote and dangerous areas of Asia
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