Daily Word

Faith is the victory that overcomes the world, John claims.

But what faith is that?

Well, to answer that, we first have to ask another question: Who has overcome the world?

In John 16:33 Jesus says to His disciples: “Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

Jesus Christ “overcame the world” every step of His earthly life, living in continuous faith-union with His heavenly Father.

In my spirit-union with Him His faith becomes my faith, my victory over the world.

To be “born of God” is to be “born of the Spirit” into a life of continuous victory over “the world” and all its luring temptations, just like my Lord.

I no longer live on the basis of my own limited abilities and resources but on His. In fact I live as it actually says in Galatians 2:20 "by the faith of the Son of God."

In other words, it is not my faith, but His – and the difference is immense!

The Spirit of Christ is “the Spirit of faith”: the faith of Christ, by which He lived in perfect union with

and complete dependence on His heavenly Father and overcame every temptation and enemy, even

death itself.

I have been invaded by that Spirit and live my life by His triumphant faith, “the victory that has

overcome the world,” not my own faith.

Faith is not our effort, it is Christ´s life-force: “the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus.”

That faith opens up the unlimited resources of Christ to work in and through us.

We are here to manifest the absolute superiority of the Spirit-life in every circumstance of our lives!