Never Too Dark; Never Too Far!

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ (2 Cor. 2:14).

Never Too Dark; Never Too Far!

God gets His greatest victories out of apparent defeats. Very often the enemy seems to triumph for a little, and God lets it be so; but then He comes in and upsets all the work of the enemy, overthrows the apparent victory, and as the Bible says, "turns the way of the wicked upside down." Thus He gives a great deal larger victory than we would have known if He had not allowed the enemy, seemingly, to triumph in the first place.

The story of the three Hebrew children being cast into the fiery furnace is a familiar one. Here was an apparent victory for the enemy. It looked as if the servants of the living God were going to have a terrible defeat. We have all been in places where it seemed as though we were defeated, and the enemy rejoiced. We can imagine what a complete defeat this looked to be. They fell down into the flames, and their enemies watched them to see them burn up in that awful fire, but were greatly astonished to see them walking around in the fire enjoying themselves. Nebuchadnezzar told them to "come forth out of the midst of the fire." Not even a hair was singed, nor was the smell of fire on their garments, "because there is no other god that can deliver after this sort."
This apparent defeat resulted in a marvelous victory.

Suppose that these three men had lost their faith and courage, and had complained, saying, "Why did not God keep us out of the furnace!" They would have been burned, and God would not have been glorified. If there is a great trial in your life today, do not own it as a defeat, but continue, by faith, to claim the victory through Him who is able to make you more than conqueror, and a glorious victory will soon be apparent. Let us learn that in all the hard places God brings us into, He is making opportunities for us to exercise such faith in Him as will bring about blessed results and greatly glorify His name.
--Life of Praise

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We have all been in the place in which it seemed as if the enemy had the upper hand or even worse, it seemed as it the enemy had already won. People had already written you off and the rumors of your demise had already began to circulate. Yet, God honors his Word and He has never failed to deliver on a promise. He has promised that we are more than conquerors. He has promised that no weapon formed against you shall prosper. He has promised that when the enemy rushes in like a flood, He would raise up a standard against them.

I am sure that Job had to feel that defeat had found him as he sat in the midst of his grief and heartache, yet his faith in God's faithfulness would not let him believe that the final word had been spoken. It was that unwavering and inexorable faith that caused Job to say, "...I will wait until my change comes."

I am certain that when Isaiah came to Hezekiah and told him to get his house in order because his sickness was unto death, I know that Hezekiah had to feel that defeat had finally found him, after all, this word came through the man of God, directly from God. Yet, Hezekiah had enough faith to turn toward the wall and have one last talk with God, and after telling God that the grave could not praise you, he got a 15 year reprieve.

I can see Daniel being charged and found guilty of praying after hours and being thrown into the lions den. I'm sure there was a moment that it looked as if his enemy has scored a decisive victory,  but Daniel had seen too many moves of the hand of God in his lifetime to be shaken by a den of Lions. His faith closed the mouths of the lions and silenced his critics.

Dr. Rick Wallace

I'm sure that when Jeremiah found himself in that pit that death had to seem imminent, but that fire breathing preacher called on the God that had preordained him before he was even conceived and the delivering hand of the Lord moved.


Whatever you are going through right now is not too big for God to move. Even when it seems that it is too late, when it has moved beyond the 11th hour, I want you to know that God shows up, even after midnight. He is a show up God. He is a big move God. He is a God that allows you to fall into the realm of the impossible because He specializes in the impossible. He is about to completely show-out in your life. He is about to do the spectacular on your behalf. ~ Dr. Rick Wallace