Victory Over The Beast

From today’s reading…

Then I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire. On the sea of glass were standing those who had won the victory over the beast and its image and the number that signified its name.”

You were created to emerge victorious but your opponent is not your four-year old nephew and the game is not “Duck, duck, goose.”

Your opponent is a beast. The most cunning, devious, manipulative creature the Lord has ever made.

The game is your life, which in case you forgot, is bigger than the Super Bowl, the World Series, and the World Cup rolled into one.

The wager is your eternal soul.

But unlike the Super Bowl, you’ve been given the playbook of your opponent. You not only know the trick plays he will call, you know how to defeat them.

All you have to do is…

Stay the course. Keep the faith. Endure.