victory

I read this in my Watchman Nee book today and it really challenged me to think differently about the crap that my wife and I area going through and looking for God to break through all the issues in my life.

"Victory should be the Christian's normal experience, and defeat should be abnormal. According to the Biblical standard, it is deemed to be strange if you do not overcome, and reckoned as common when you do overcome."

That challenged my thinking to change from begging God to heal me to working on expecting that my situation will change because God knows where I am and what I need.