READ: JOHN
15:1-7
Victory is
your birthright. The Bible says that, “This is the victory that has overcome the
world-our faith.” When Jesus declared that, “It is finished,” He was
referring to our victory; hence our victory has been settled. If you are a real
child of God, the devil should be no terror to you. Rather, you are the one who
should frighten him. As a Christian, you are expected to have dominion over the
devil and his demons. A testimony from an African brother reveals the truth of
this statement. The man testified that he lived in a house where he regularly
led Christians in vigils, prayers, worship and glorifying the Lord. Near him
lived an idol worshipper who so hated the brother that, one day, he planned to
kill him but for the intervention of neighbours who came to inform him of the
idol worshipper’s evil intentions. Still, rather than get frightened and go
into hiding, the brother stood his ground and wondered why light should run
from darkness. He maintained that it was the devil that should run from him.
Sure enough, after some time, the idol worshipper packed his things and moved
out of the neighbourhood never to return again. That was how God gave the brother
victory over the satanic agent. The Bible says: “And whatever we ask we receive
from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are
pleasing in His sight.” (1 John 3:22). Our Lord has assured us of
receiving the desires of our hearts. However, to receive those desires, we must
make sure they are God’s desires for us. One way of ensuring this is to have
His words in our hearts and minds and always do things that are pleasing to Him
and in accordance with His will for us. God’s will and desire is for His children
to be like Him: pure, holy and perfect. So to ensure that our prayers are
answered, we need to live our lives in agreement with God’s requirement. We can
do this by keeping ourselves as pure as light.
MEMORIZE:
1 JOHN 5:14 –Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask
anything according to His will, He hears us.
