OVERCOMING

Recently I attended the movie, “Overcomer”.  Penetrating my heart and mind is the amazing truth that followers of Christ are overcomers. Why then do we feel as if we have been overcome at times, and how does that affect us?  

If we want to be a surgeon – but not one – performing a surgery will surely fail. Or if a surgeon believing we can’t do surgery; we would not likely try. There is power in what we do or don’t believe of ourselves. So we have faith in Jesus Christ as Savior, we are overcomers whether we feel like it or not. Satan wants us to believe otherwise and feeds our doubts. We must believe the truth of who we are to live confidently in what God tells us we are. 

God tells us in the Bible we are overcomers. There is power in the living confident truth This truth of who we are in Christ is found in I John 5:3-5 in The Passion Translation, “True love for God means obeying his commands, and his commands don’t weigh us down as heavy burdens.  You see, every child of God overcomes the world, for our faith is the victorious power that triumphs over the world.  So who are the world conquerors, defeating its power? Those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.”

Joy Pedersen