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Where we connect the Bible to your life.

In the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Jeff Parrot. A good celebration demands a lot from us. We use our emotions,

our creativity, voices, hands, and even our legs to do it. Our hearts, minds, and bodies are thrown in the act of celebrating victory.

Let's just think about the context of an athletic event, for example.

Whether it's the shouting and waving after a spectacular play

or the stand peed of joy when rushing the field after our team wins the big game.

We can't help but respond to victory.

And the bigger the victory, the bigger the response.

Fans of a championship winning team will often have a prolonged response, buying up all of the merchandise and swag to display their team's victory going into the rest of the year.

Sometimes even camping out to get the best

spots at a victory parade. Celebrating victories like that isn't limited to one

moment. It's a thing to celebrate in the past, yet it's also something that

captivates our today and our tomorrow. Here's the point. When there's a victory that matters to us it always creates a response in us.

Psalm 68 describes this kind of response to victory in the life of God's people.

But it indicates that God's victory is unlike the victories of any other king or movement or power

holder.

This victory has some unexpected elements as it points to the power and purposes of God that flow into people's lives.

And like the biggest of victories, this celebration is not just an opportunity to reflect on the past, but

something that pushes us into the present and future tense of our lives.

Before we spend time in Psalm 68, let's pray for God's presence and power to work in our time together.

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