God has made provision for every Christian to live in victory and abundance. Just because others may not be experiencing victory in their lives does not mean that God has not provided it. He has done everything in His power to give His children the authority and provision needed to live triumphantly on this earth.
This is the Victory–Our Faith
“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” (I John 5:4-5).
God does not give victory over the world just to a select few. He has given overcoming victory to every person who is born again. It is a gift of God just as salvation is a gift from God. It cannot be earned or merited, only received by faith. This is why the verse says the victory is in our faith — our believing, receiving, confessing, and doing the Word of victory in Christ.
Victory Is a Gift
“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (I Corinthians 15:57).
No man can glory in his victory in this life. All credit goes to God. He deserves our thanksgiving. He has given to us victory over Satan, sin, sickness, and fear. When Jesus arose triumphantly from the grave, He won a complete victory over all the forces of darkness. He did it for us. It was mankind that needed victory. So Jesus “…made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a servant, and coming in the likeness of men” (Philippians 2:7). He was your substitute. His victory was your victory.
“Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place” (II Corinthians 2:14).
Triumph in Christ does not have to be an occasional experience. God has made it possible for you to ALWAYS be triumphant in Him no matter what comes because He does not change.
More Than Conquerors
“Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us” (Romans 8:37).
Amazing! Not just a conqueror, but MORE than a conqueror. That means more than a conqueror over every obstacle, every mountain, and every adversity the enemy would try and bring against you.
Notice again that it is “through Him” that you are more than a conqueror. There can be no victory, no conquering spirit, apart from a vital union with your Lord Jesus Christ. This comes through fellowship with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in prayer and meditation of the Word.
Ability to Do All Things
The apostle Paul was human just like anyone else. One reason he was able to accomplish all that he did was his understanding of God’s ability inside him. He did not boast of his own strength and power, but he boasted of God’s ability. He realized that true humility means total dependence upon God for everything. He believed the Word that had been revealed to him, and he acted upon it. Because of this, he was able to say, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13).
The same Jesus who enabled Paul to do all things lives in every born-again believer. Each one has the privilege of boldly declaring, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” It is HIS strength, HIS power, HIS ability. All you have to do is rely upon Him, knowing that whatever He gives you to do, you can do through Jesus.
Greater Is He
“You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (I John 4:4).
This message is to the child of God. Every born-again believer has the ability to overcome the spirits of antichrist that are in the world. As far as God is concerned, you will never have victory until you believe that victory was obtained through Christ. It is a past tense victory. John says that the believer “has overcome” them. The reason, he explains, is quite simple. The greater one, Jesus, lives in you, the believer. Jesus is greater than the devil, who is in the world. Nothing the devil might try to bring against you can be greater than Jesus. Therefore, you can reckon that you are an overcomer because the one who overcame lives inside you. Of course, you must overcome obstacles daily by acting on God’s Word.
Powerful Weapons
“Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with TRUTH, having put on the BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the GOSPEL OF PEACE; above all, taking the SHIELD OF FAITH with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the HELMET OF SALVATION, and the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, which is the WORD OF GOD; praying always with all PRAYER and SUPPLICATION in the SPIRIT, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints” (Ephesians 6:13-18).
There is definitely a battle to wage with the evil powers. But, God has given you all the armor needed. He has given you weapons that no power of Satan can stop. Your command is to “put on the whole armor of God…” (Ephesians 6:11). Not even the gates of hell can stand against the fully armed church of the Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 16:18).
“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” (II Corinthians 10:4-5).
The weapons God has provided give you the authority to pull down every fortress that Satan would try to build against you. He is powerless in the face of God’s armor and weapons.
Abundant Life — Joint Heirs
Jesus came to restore the relationship and fellowship between God and man. His desire is for man to enjoy the full privileges of being part of God’s family. The source of stealing, killing, and destruction is not God, but Satan. Jesus said,
“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).
Abundant life! That is abundant life in every part of your existence-spiritual, mental, physical, financial. This includes the home, family, job, and school.
“The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs — heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together” (Romans 8:16-17).
You can enjoy the blessings of being a joint-heir with Christ if you will steadfastly hold to the Word of God. Not only must you be true to the Word, but also gladly bear the reproaches of the ungodly that come as a result of living as a child of the King. It is a joy, not a burden!
Freely Given All Things
“He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” (Romans 8:32).
If God gave you the most priceless possession He had, why would He withhold from you anything of less value? It is His desire to give you everything you need (all things) in this life and the life to come. You will be involved in working and laboring in various ways. But it will be God who works through these different means to “freely give us all things.”
Blessed With All Spiritual Blessings
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3).
God has already blessed you with all the spiritual blessings you can handle on this earth. The blessings are available. Possibly “…you do not have because you do not ask,” or “you ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures” (James 4:2-3).
The primary reason in asking for God’s blessings should be to share them with others. When your needs are met you have an abundance to share with those around you.
Prospering With All Needs Supplied
God’s will is for you to prosper in every way. A person could be a loyal and sincere Christian without prospering in all the areas of life. One could even be very successful in some areas without claiming all of God’s promises. But why should any Christian not want all God has provided? All the provisions of God are needed in order to be “fruitful in every good work” (Colossians 1:10).
“Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers” (III John 2).
The first place you are to prosper is in your spiritual life. As the “law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus” begins to rule in your heart, it will “set us free from the law of sin and death” that would try to enslave you mentally, physically, spiritually, and financially (Romans 8:2).
“And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus”(Philippians 4:19).
God is your source. He supplies your need. The basis for that supply is all of the riches in glory of Christ Jesus. The supply is unlimited. As you seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, all these things shall be added unto you (Matthew 6:33). It is Him you seek.
Abounding to Every Good Work
As you give your life totally to God and His kingdom, you know that God will gladly give you all of His life. The Christian who gives his best to God and expects God’s best becomes extremely useful in the work of the kingdom.
“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, have an abundance for every good work” (II Corinthians 9:8).
The most important thing to remember in living the abundant life is: BE A GIVER — First to God, then to your fellow man. God will see to it that you abound in everything you do. He will supply all the needs and make His grace abound in you, so that you will never lack in any good work to which He calls you.
Billy Joe Daugherty
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