10/22/2024
John 16:33
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. Jesus shows clearly in this passage that the world is where tribulation is found. Jesus goes on to say that when we encounter tribulation, we can be of good cheer because He has overcome the world. If Jesus has overcome the world, then He has also overcome the tribulation that is associated with the world. What does this mean to the born again believer? Well, if Jesus has overcome the world and the tribulation found in the world, then we can overcome the world and the tribulation found in the world. Jesus didn't win this victory for Himself. Where He was going tribulation did not exist. Jesus was going to sit down at the right hand of the Father, where His enemies were to become His footstool. Jesus won that victory for us, the born again believers, and made that same victory available to us. How do we experience this victory that Jesus won for us?
I John 5:4
For whatsoever is born of God overcomes he world: and this is the victory that overcomes he world, even our faith. We are born into this victory on a spiritual level and we experience this victory by faith on the natural level. We have been given the Spirit of God, Who dwells in us, the Word of God, that contains God's power and promises, and the blood of Jesus which guarantees God's Word.
So develop your faith in what Jesus did for you as a believer. Be of good cheer when tribulation tries to steal your joy, know that victory is yours, begin to see yourself as an overcomer through Jesus, and in so doing, day by day, you will become a world overcomer in every area of your life: spirit, soul, body, financially, and socially. God bless.