"And David inquired of the Lord saying, Shall I pursue after this troup? Shall I overtake them? And He answered him, pursue for thou shalt overtake them and without fail recover all (1 Samuel 30:8 AKJ).
In the above verse from 1 Samuel 30, we find a type of the true believer's conditional victory over Satan during the Church Age. However, our New Covenant example, Messiah Jesus, exemplified an even greater victory during the course of His earthly ministry than David could have dreamed of. And that greater victory is available to every born-again believer today, as joint heirs with Christ Jesus (Romans 8: 16-17) though the conditions for obtaining that greater victory, now include, an ever present, inclusive relationship, with all three members of the Godhead...Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
That said, why, you might ask, or wonder, do many Christians today fail to reach that level of victory that the scriptures clearly promise? Jesus' answer to a similar question from His disciples was that, it was due to unbelief (read Matthew 17:14-20). But, of course, that's only part of the equation. Once we've settled the question of faith in God's promises, and His unlimited ability to act on our behalf, we must learn to follow the example of David, Jesus, and other men of faith throughout Biblical history, and inquire of, and consult the Lord first, in our dilemmas. Because, you see, our total victory will never rest upon our ability or ingenuity. but rather on God, who, being aware of our plight beforehand, has the solution already prepared that, as a direct result, His glory might be magnified to all.
In our day and time, all serious followers of Jesus the Anointed Son will, like all of God's people who've gone before, encounter a multitude of seemingly worst case scenarios while waging warfare on both the natural and supernatural battlefields. Yet, whenever we find ourselves faced with the prospect of overwhelming odds against us, our first act of defense should be to seek the Lord for the type of specific answers, and perfect direction, which only He can offer. So whether our difficulties and circumstances are of a physical, financial, or spiritual nature, we can be fully confident that when we seek Him first, all victory is possible to we who believe, for we know that His Word is His will.
"And this is the confidence that we have in Him,that if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us. And if we know that He heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him" (1 John 5:14-15 AKJ).
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