See the Victory Before You See the Victory | Get In the Game Teaching Series Ep. 10

What if the future you're afraid of is a future you've imagined without God in it?

Throughout the Get In the Game Teaching Series, we've challenged a passive view of Christianity—the idea that the will of God simply happens while we stand on the sidelines and watch.

In this final episode, Steve Pixler brings the entire series together with a simple declaration:

The will of God doesn't just happen to us. It happens with us, for us, and through us.

You have a role to play.

So play it.

Prayer isn't merely informing God about our plans and asking Him to bless them. Prayer brings divine and human action together. It invites the supernatural power of heaven into the circumstances of earth.

And prayer doesn't replace action.

Prayer empowers action.

God is looking for relentless people who refuse to sit passively by while darkness advances. The circumstances you're facing right now may actually be preparing you for greater responsibility. The struggle may be stretching your capacity to carry greater glory.

So how do we get in the game?

We begin with three things:

Praise. Prayer. Prophecy.

Praise exalts God over the situation.

Prayer brings heaven and earth into partnership.

Prophecy hears what God is saying and speaks His promises into the world.

But eventually, faith has to move.

Moses lifted his rod—and the sea divided.

David swung his sling—and God guided the stone.

Peter stepped out of the boat—and walked on water.

The servants filled the pots—and Jesus turned water into wine.

The people rolled away the stone—and Lazarus came out.

Again and again throughout Scripture, God moved when people moved.

Miracles begin with movement.

And then comes perseverance.

Jesus taught His disciples to pray continually and not lose heart. Faith isn't merely believing strongly enough to make something happen immediately. Sometimes faith is the supernatural ability to keep praying, keep believing, keep speaking, and keep moving when nothing appears to be changing.

Because miracles often happen slowly.

And finally, faith changes the way we imagine the future.

Worry is imagination pointed toward hopelessness.

When we imagine the future and see only ourselves—our inadequacy, our weakness, our lack, our failures—fear takes over.

But everything changes when we ask:

Where is Jesus in the future I'm imagining?

Put Him back into the picture.

See Him working.

See Him providing.

See Him healing.

See Him reconciling.

See Him guiding.

See Him overcoming.

Before you see the victory in your circumstances, learn to see the victory in your Spirit-filled imagination.

Don't imagine a future without God.

Don't imagine a future without miracles.

Don't imagine a future in which the status quo gets the final word.

And don't imagine yourself sitting helplessly in the stands.

No more whatever.

No more que sera, sera.

You have a role to play.

It's time to Get In the Game.

IN THIS EPISODE

• Why we must reject a passive understanding of God's will
• Why prayer is an invitation for divine intervention
• How prayer brings divine and human action together
• Why God is looking for relentless people
• How present struggles can prepare us for greater Kingdom responsibility
• The three foundational practices of praise, prayer, and prophecy
• What it means to wage war with God's promises
• Why our words matter in spiritual warfare
• What Jesus meant when He told us to speak to the mountain
• Why miracles begin with movement
• How God works when His people move
• Why partnership with God isn't magic
• Why some miracles unfold slowly
• What Jesus taught about persistent prayer
• Why biblical faith refuses to lose heart
• How worry becomes imagination directed toward hopelessness
• Why we must put Jesus back into our imagined future
• How Spirit-filled imagination helps us envision God's promised outcome
• Why we must see the victory before we see the victory
• The final challenge: stop sitting in the stands and Get In the Game

SCRIPTURES

Isaiah 9:7
Psalm 22:3
Matthew 6:10
Daniel 10:12
Mark 11:22–24
Romans 10:8–11
1 Corinthians 14:3
1 Timothy 1:18–19
Exodus 14:15–16
Luke 18:1–8

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