Is he faithful? We have surrendered. Is our part then to believe that God will give us Victory? _No, that is not faith._ “Victory’s final secret,” as Mr. Trumbull has put it, is to believe that Christ _is_ doing his part, that his Grace _is_ sufficient, that we _are_ free from the law of sin, that we _are_ under Grace and not under law and that therefore sin _is not having dominion_ over us, that he _is_ meeting all our needs, but we _are_ walking in the Spirit. This is “letting God.” Will you not “let go, and let God?” Now? If you do, you can say with Paul, not only as a truth of your position in Christ, but as the blessed truth of your experience: “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me” (Gal. 2:20). What It Is Not The Victorious Life is not a life free from temptation, but a life of victory over temptation. First Corinthians 10:13, with its “there is no temptation” is an absolute guarantee from God that victory over all temptations is possible; for he himself provides the way of escape. Jesus,――in his resurrection Life,――is the Way. The Victorious Life is not a life free from the possibility of falling into sin. It is always possible at any moment to sin, and as soon as our eyes get off Jesus faith slips, self is in control, and the result is sin. The Victorious Life is not dependent on circumstances. Nothing is too hard for God, not even your hard circumstances. And let us always remember that the Victorious Life is “_the Life that is Christ_.” He is as able under one circumstance as under another. The Victorious Life is not an attainment by growth. True growth in Grace really begins when we take the Grace of the Lord for complete victory over sin. Growth in Grace does not mean gradually getting rid of our sins, but it does mean growing from one degree of glory to another degree of glory as we behold the Lord and are changed into his image (2 Cor. 3:18). The Victorious Life gives no cause for boasting of spiritual attainment. Grace excludes boasting. It gives us no holiness of our own. The holiness and the victory are His, and the most mature saint in the walk of faith needs the same secret of Victory as the young Christian just entering into the Life. His strength is ever made perfect in weakness. My weakness is never made stronger, though as I learn more of the Bible teaching of what faith is I may get more and more established in acting by faith. Continuing in Victory