I win!!!

Recently I've been hearing "I win!!" from my boys a lot. I'm very concern of the competitiveness that is growing in them and getting bigger each day, especially Joshua.

Last night, since it was the last day of 2009 I decided to stay awake till after midnight. So I watched the Onething worship on webstream. It was awesome!! Before midnight, I went to take a shower and there God spoke to me. Wow!

God revealed to me that Joshua is an overcomer, that's the way God created him. God wants him to win, and plans his life to win. However, the enemy has already been working hard to destroy him ever since he was born. Now, the enemy's trying to twist the "overcomer-ness" in him and mislead him to win in areas out of God's will. I felt an urgency in me to fight this warfare over Joshua in partnership with the Holy Spirit. I need wisdom from God to lead Joshua into the right path and to understand God's will for him as an overcomer.

He truly wins not when he is faster, or when he is better, or when he has more score... He truly wins when he choses to obey God and refuses to listen to the devil. Yes, when He wins, people don't lose, but the devil lose. The devil is our true enemy, not friends or family. The Bible says that we don't fight against flesh and blood. We don't fight against whoever play with us, we don't fight against whoever trying to compete with us. When we love people, we win and the enemy lose. When we share what we have, we win and the enemy lose because the devil is selfish and doesn't want us to share....

A lot of the games are designed to have either I win you lose or you win I lose. Joshua has been having a hard time when he loses. So I told him and keep telling him that, when he loses and he can still keeps up a bright spirit and feel happy for his friend/brother who win and even congratulate him, he also wins and the real loser is the devil. I know it will take a while for my children to grasp it, and I admit that I'll be learning it myself too as I teach them.

I'm thankful for this revelation from the Lord regarding this concern of mine. What a new year resolution given me for 2010! Thank you, Father! Thank you for helping me in my parenthood. I pray that You'll grant me wisdom and revelation and I pray that You'll lead me and help me and empower me..... amen!