1 John 4:1-6 “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but
test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false
prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every
spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from
God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God;
this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard
that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. You are from
God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is
He who is in you than he who is in the world. They are from the
world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens
to them. We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who
is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth
and the spirit of error.” (NASB)
Hello,
Think with me to the last big household project you worked
on. At some point you picked your head up in exhaustion and doubted if it was
ever going to end. You don’t see progress, you see what is left. But then, you
look back and realize how far you have come. Then, you tell yourself that you
no longer have to do the whole thing – you just have to do what is presently
undone. Effectively, you re-draw the starting line. You don’t think about
starting from where you were, but starting where you are. I think sometimes in
our spiritual lives this is an important reminder. In
verse 4 John reminds us that we have already overcome, because of who Jesus is –
and our belief in Him has us in a position where we have the greater power in
our corner.
I hope that as we
all battle daily, we remember that with Jesus, we are starting from a position
of victory.
Have a blessed day,
Will Hill
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