In World War II, victory was assured for the Allies on D-Day, when they successfully landed at Normandy. But it took eleven months for the Allies to actually end the war. During this time thousands of men lost their lives in the bloodiest battles of the entire conflict.

The coming V-E Day was assured, but not realized. We are in a similar position as Christians...the final establishment of the kingdom of God was assured at the resurrection, but we have yet to realize it’s fullness in our day.

There is a war yet to be fought, an enemy still capable of inflicting great harm...if we allow him to. We must equip ourselves by allowing the power of the Spirit to come into our lives and work through us to defeat the enemy.

From Gregory McDonald Sr. ’s Sermon “Power Encounter”