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DAY ONE: You are a Victor, Not a Victim  

Our tendency for dependency is nothing new. Throughout His public ministry Christ encountered people who often felt trapped by their circumstances or limited by their wounds. With His love, power, and grace Jesus exploded their excuses and ignited their initiative to live by faith, not by sight.

Paralyzed and alone, this man thought that he could never achieve healing on his own. He was paralyzed in a painful emotional purgatory. He could see the means of his restoration but could never reach it. It seems almost as if this man had resigned himself to a life where what he desired most could be seen but not attained. He had given up on the miracle he saw others experiencing.

We can only break our dependency on defining ourselves by our circumstances if we wrestle with Jesus’ question: Do you want to get well?

If we genuinely desire wellness—in all areas of our lives: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual—we must let go of the labels we have allowed to define us. We must stop seeing ourselves as victims of our circumstances and instead start seeing our circumstances as subject to the authority and healing power of Jesus Christ. We are victors, not victims!