Surviving or Overcoming?
For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 1 John 5:4
I am determined not merely to survive as a Christian, but to overcome. Too often my life has been a “hanging in there” kind of thing, God has called me to be an overcomer. Do I get into one problem after another and then say, “Thank God I got out of that one alive”. Is that all there is, getting out of things alive?
The secret to overcoming is to have adequate resources, and the secret of adequate resources is tapping the infinite supply of God’s provision. When I read over the acts of mercy of Father God I remember the poor widow’s plight. (2 Kings 4). She had a little oil, nothing more. Creditors were pressing her to sell her sons as slaves. Elisha advised her to procure all the empty jars she could get and begin to pour the little bit of oil into these jars. Then it happened! By God’s wonderous power the oil kept flowing until every jar was full. She was obedient to the word of the prophet and her need was met.
Where did the oil come from? Where else but the same place as the loaves, the fish, the wine, the manna, and the thousand other things God sent His poverty-stricken people. God simply was supplying out of His storehouse. The people could not see this but God moved on their behalf. We see God’s abundance through our eyes of FAITH. Faith calleth those things that are not as though they were. (Romans 4:17). I am an overcomer because I believe what God has said in His word. Sometimes to my natural mind it does not make sense but FAITH SEES THE ANSWER even before it is manifested in the physical realm.
I overcome because Jesus is the great overcomer. His redemptive sacrifice on the cross of Calvary paid for it all. As we BELIEVE, we SPEAK. And as we believe and speak, we LIVE a life of faith. He stated that He has provided everything for us according to our faith. (Philippians 4:19). Our measure and our supply are according to our faith. If you are lacking in any area don’t blame God blame your lack of faith.