Giants or bread? It’s up to you

We have a new term we are now using to describe Christians with whom we work with who are recovering from abuse and trauma, a therapist explained to a group of deliverance ministers. With a smile he said, We no longer refer to them as victims. We now refer to them as survivors. To which the considerate group offered an acknowledging nod.I raise my hand signalling a question. Yes, Eddie?
I think I understand your reason for calling them survivors, rather than victims. But what happened to terms like overcomer and conqueror? (See Rom 8:37; 1 Jn 2:13-14; 1 Jn 4:4.) Leave it to me to spoil the atmosphere. 

Which are you? Are you a victim, a survivor, or are you an overcoming super-conqueror’? (more than a conqueror) You see, no matter which you choose, you are correct.We’ve all suffered tragedies. If you allow your experiences to define you, you’ll likely view yourself as a victim or a survivor of tragedy, you are a victim, merely surviving. But is that any way to live!? Doesn’t sound like the abundant life Christ promised us, does it?However, if you embrace your true identity, the identity Christ purchased for you at Calvary as an overcoming super-conqueror, you are positioned to live victoriously in Christ.

Face it. Victims and survivors are no match for the enemy. However, the enemy is no match for overcoming super-conquerors! The lie is: You must overcome or conquer someone or something in order to own the title. No, not at all. You’ve been given the title. As truly as Christ was made and became sin for you on Calvary, God has made you righteous, He’s also conferred the title to you. (See 2 Cor 5:21.) Your title is far better than the title awarded big George Foreman by the World Boxing Association. George wasn’t given his title. He earned it. Good? Not necessarily. You see, having won the title, he was immediately susceptible to losing it. 

Although Foreman was the heavy weight champion of the world, he had to defend the title to keep it. He was forced to live with the knowledge that he was always one defeat away from losing his identity as official champion.

You cannot earn the title

Attention all victims and survivors. You cannot earn the title overcoming super-conqueror. Quit trying! If you could earn it, you’d always run the risk of losing it—by one defeat.If we are in Christ and Christ is in us, we have already been made righteous. We don’t strive to live righteously so we can become righteous. We do so because we are righteous. It’s similar to a child-king learning and growing into his role as king. Learning and growing has to do with him becoming who he is. He was born a king and can never lose that.
Overcoming super-conqueror is a title you never earned and can never lose. Christ overcame and super-conquered the devil and his demons, and has given His title to you.When Moses’ spies returned from Canaan with there report they had travelled the same miles, seen the same sights, had the same experiences, and shared in the same conversations. However, they brought back conflicting reports. 
Some the spies reported having seen giants. We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so were in their sight. Interesting, isn’t it? Get this. The enemy sees you as you see yourself and that’s exactly how he will treat you. If the devil is treating you like a victim or survivor today, it’s simply evidence that that is how you see yourself. Victims only know how to experience victimization. Survivors only know how to survive. 

Fear them not

If you see yourself as an overcoming super-conqueror, then that’s how the enemy sees you. Joshua and Caleb submitted a different report. They said, Neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them (they are defenceless), and the LORD is with us: fear them not (Num 14:9).

When you begin to see yourself as you truly are, people may think you’re crazy. In Caleb and Joshua’s case, the people tried to stone them to death for simply making the statement you just read. Be prepared. Overcoming super-conquerors often (unintentionally) intimidate defeated Christians.
Look what they said. Those giants are bread (food) for us. Facing them will nourish us. We’ll be strengthened by confronting them. Remember the adage, what doesn’t kill us makes us strong? Even Jesus didn’t pray that Satan wouldn’t sift Peter. He prayed that Peter’s sifting experience would strengthen him so he could strengthen others!

Sadly, until those men who identified themselves as grasshoppers died in the wilderness, no one was allowed to enter the Promised Land. It was Overcoming Super-conqueror Joshua who led Israel’s army against the Canaanites and ate them alive. (After all, they were bread.)  And the Canaanites? They were terrified by Israel’s army; defenceless—helpless. – www.TeachMeToPray.com