Spoiler Alert

I like knowing what is going to happen before it even does. I hate being surprised by a twist in the tale. And for this reason, Google and Wikipedia are my best friends. I’ll read up on a movie before I see it or even while I’m watching it just so I know what the end will be. And the funny thing is, even in knowing I still get engrossed in the story, cry and laugh, and enjoy the movie.

I haven’t been able to watch any movies this past week, but I did watch so much tennis I almost feel like I could now win Wimbledon myself. But I’m a bit behind in the tennis world and there are so many new players (mostly with long Russian surnames). So I spent a whole lot of time Googling and finding out about these people (thank you, Jesus for Blackberries and free internet. Ha!!). Often they show the matches delayed, so in my Googling I would stumble upon the end result of the game I was watching. Bummer!

It really changes things, knowing what is going to happen. If I found out the player I was supporting (usually the underdog) was going to lose, I lost interest in the match and generally ended up on facebook and twitter. No one likes to support a losing cause. But if I saw that my player was going to win, I felt myself rooting for them even more. Suddenly them losing a point, a game or even a set or two seemed less significant, because I knew they would win the match in the end. I knew that no matter what happened in the sets ahead, they were going to win. I could confidently support them and know I’d feel joy in the end.

Just like Google and Wikipedia tell the stories of movies and tennis and pretty much everything else, there is a book where the story of the universe, which includes my life and yours, is told. This book, the Bible, tells the beginning and the end. Wanna know how it will end?

**SPOILER ALERT**

JESUS WINS! #BOOM

Proverbs 21:31

“Victory belongs to the Lord.”

1 Corinthians 15:57

“Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

1 John 5:4 

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.”

Like the tennis scores I found out, I have found out that Jesus wins. If he was going to lose, I’d probably give myself to facebook and twitter and boys and sport and just about everything else. But Jesus is not going to lose. He will win! So I give everything I am to support his cause. And I know that he is playing for me. When the tough times come and I start losing points and games and sets, I hold on to the promise that Jesus wins.

And like the movie synopsis that I read, the Bible doesn’t give me the detail of all that will happen in the story of my life. But it does tell me that in the end I will live happily ever after in heaven with all those who love Jesus. It tells me that we’re going to party and praise Jesus in freedom and love forevermore. So when the twists in the tale come and the soundtrack of my life sounds ominous, I hold onto the promise of eternity with Jesus.

By dying on the cross and being raised to life, Jesus has overcome sin and death. He did it for you. Let Jesus’ victory be the foundation you build your life on. Let it be the lighthouse in the midst of the storm. Let it change the way you play and the way you live. Let it be your confidence and your hope.

JESUS WINS.