Victory

I know I talk a lot about music and about struggling... well this post is about both. :)

As I have stated in the past, I enjoy having piano music on in the background of my life. This morning the old hymn, Victory in Jesus came on. I instantly recognized it even without lyrics. And the lyrics began to pop into my head without really trying.

I heard an old, old story,

How a Savior came from glory,
How He gave His life on Calvary
To save a wretch like me;
I heard about His groaning,
Of His precious blood's atoning,
Then I repented of my sins
And won the victory.

O victory in Jesus,
My Savior, forever.
He sought me and bought me
With His redeeming blood;
He loved me ere I knew Him
And all my love is due Him,
He plunged me to victory,
Beneath the cleansing flood.

I heard about His healing,
Of His cleansing pow'r revealing.
How He made the lame to walk again
And caused the blind to see;
And then I cried, "Dear Jesus,
Come and heal my broken spirit,"
And somehow Jesus came and bro't
To me the victory.

I heard about a mansion
He has built for me in glory.
And I heard about the streets of gold
Beyond the crystal sea;
About the angels singing,
And the old redemption story,
And some sweet day I'll sing up there
The song of victory.

Theologically, I believe this. However, I feel mostly defeated most of the time. I have not made victory a reality in my life. Moreover, I do not really know how. I think the answer probably lies in just trusting and walking by faith... which we all know how good I am at. Today I will be thinking about how to end the struggle and walk in victory.