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May 11

May 11
Wait for the Finals
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. (Genesis 49:19)
Some of us have been like the tribe of Gad. Our adversaries for a while were too many for us; they
came upon us like a troop. Yes, and for the moment they overcame us, and they exulted greatly
because of their temporary victory. Thus they only proved the first part of the family heritage to be
really ours, for Christ's people, like Dan, shall have a troop overcoming them. This being overcome is
very painful, and we should have despaired if we had not by faith believed the second line of our
Father's benediction, "He shall overcome at the last." "All's well that ends well," said the world's poet;
and he spoke the truth. A war is to be judged, not by first success or defeats, but by that which
happens "at the last." The Lord will give to truth and righteousness victory "at the last"; and, as Mr.
Bunyan says that means forever, for nothing can come after the last.
What we need is patient perseverance in well-doing and calm confidence in our glorious Captain. Christ,
our Lord Jesus, would teach us His holy art of setting the face like a flint to go through with work or
suffering till we can say, "It is finished." Hallelujah. Victory! Victory! We believe in the promise. "He shall
overcome at the last."