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The Victory Lap or “lap of honor” is the extra lap a winning race car driver takes around the track in celebration of his victory. The Victory Lap is a time when the driver can drive at a slower speed, allowing the fans to celebrate and greet and congratulate the winner. Recent changes in race regulations have limited what a Formula One driver can do during that lap. The new rule states that all cars must proceed directly to the end point without distraction or assistance. Even that last lap has one focus: the prize waiting at the end.
Many of the passages in this month’s study have focused on the struggles we face in this life as we live out the daily Christian life. And we may often feel less than victorious. Today’s passage focuses on the victory lap we have as believers. Romans 8:28 has a description of our calling. Those called by God know that He will work all things together for good. We know that we will be conformed to Christ’s likeness (v. 29). God can redeem each experience in our lives to mold us into His image for His glory.
This kind of thinking transforms the way we think and live. Paul asks: “If God is for us who can be against us?” (v. 31). Ultimately, our victory doesn’t depend on our own endurance or ingenuity. Our victory depends on who God is and what He will do. We are God’s chosen children and nothing can separate us from God’s love (v. 35).
Whatever we face in the midst of the race of life, we can be assured that we will be victorious in the end. Verse 37 says that we are “more than conquerors.” Notice the use of the word “more”—we go beyond just being victorious. This is a type of ultimate victory that promises not only making it through the final days of life on this earth but also guarantees us a place by our Father in Heaven. This type of thinking will transform the way we view ourselves and our daily lives.
TODAY ALONG THE WAY
Perhaps one of Satan’s greatest tricks is to get us so focused on ourselves, our weaknesses and insecurities, that we take our eyes off our Savior. There is an old hymn that asks us to “turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face.” Will you turn your eyes on Jesus today? Will you set aside your search for self and replace it with the knowledge that in Christ you are made glorious? We are perfected in Him. We are completed in Him. In Him, we are victorious!
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