Friday... We will achieve victory through our faith.

Now that isn't just me talking that is what John says in 1 John 5:4 (NLT), "For every child of God" (not just a few but every) "every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through faith."

He goes on, verse 5, "And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God."

Now to understand this, the Devil and his demons believe in Jesus. But as Rick Warren says, "you won't find them in heaven." He goes on to say, "Why? Because saying you believe in Jesus doesn't mean you have faith in him. It also doesn't mean you trust him to fulfill his promises." Faith is more than intellectual knowledge. Faith is something you do. It's active, not passive. Real faith involves making a commitment to trust in Jesus.

Do you trust, really trust Jesus? Are serving Him, living for Him and are you obeying His commandments? Verses 1 - 3 says, "Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children too. We know we love God's children if we love God and obey his commandments. Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome." And in that we achieve victory through our faith.

There is more to this than just saying we believe. There is also obeying and loving and trusting and doing.

Verse 20 says, "And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life."

Now that is where our victory come from. It come from our faith, our living, active, obedient faith in the only true God and through His Son, Jesus Christ.

And then verse 21 says, "Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God's place in your hearts." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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