When we understand that our life is “closely bound up with Jesus” because he represents us as our King, when we can see that the Father not only said “I love you” to the Son, but he also says “I love you” to us, when we reorder our thinking around the symbolic world of Jesus and his people, we have all the resources we need to overcome the temptations of cheap success and self-doubt. Knowing that we share in Jesus’ victory over evil and knowing that we’re loved by the Father we “are equipped’ to handle the deserts, the wild animals, that come into our lives. Christianity is about working out the victory of Jesus everyday! Your life is bound up by Jesus. Remember, what is true of Jesus is true of you.