Praise the Lord everyone! What is on my heart this month? Since we
started our new series studying the Book of Revelation in our Adult
Bible Study Class, (Weds. Night’s at 7pm) a theme began to take
shape...being an Overcomer! Question: “What does it mean to be an
overcomer?” As I began to press into this question….7 ways began to
unveil themselves.
1. Know Who You Are!
God says you are an overcomer. If you don’t know this or believe this
reality, you won’t experience it. Knowing that you are an overcomer is
the first step. Believe who God says you are. Believe that you will
overcome in every situation life throws at you.
According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, an overcomer is: a per-
son who overcomes something: one who succeeds in dealing with or
gaining control of some problem or difficulty. For most saints of God, if
you take a look back at your life, you can see a track record of events
you overcame. If you started listing them it might surprise you to see
you truly are an overcomer after-all. It’s so important that you believe
what God says about you, because as you think in your heart, so are
you. What you think about yourself is what you will experience.
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7 (NKJV)
Because you are a child of God, the victory is always yours. Everything
you need for this life is within you.
As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and
godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and
virtue, 2 Peter 1:3 NKJV
2. Stay Intimate with God!
So many times we try to receive the benefits God has for us without
intimacy with Him, and it leads to so much frustration. Everything in
God’s Kingdom works through love (Galatians 5:6). God wants your
heart. He wants to know you and become involved in every detail of
your life. He wants to be that Friend that sticks closer than a brother
(Proverbs 18:24). He wants to be the Father you’ve never had. All the
blessings He desires for you come through this love relationship with
Him.
The Bible says that you are strengthened through
your relationship with God.
Be strong in the Lord [draw your strength from Him
and be empowered through your union with Him]
and in the power of His [boundless] might. Ephesians
6:10 (AMP)
The victory is yours in every situation. As you stay in
connection and close intimacy with God, His desires,
plans, and wisdom is imparted to your heart. The
direction you need to walk in victory comes through
relationship with Him. You can be of good cheer, He
has already overcome what you are trying to over-
come!
These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you
may have peace. In the world you will have tribula-
tion; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the
world. John 16:33 (NKJV)
Knowing how much God loves you is your strength,
your superpower. It makes you an overcomer.
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors
through Him who loved us. Romans 8:37 (NKJV)
Intimacy with God does not come through keeping
rules or tradition, it comes through revelation of His
love for you. When you know and receive His ex-
travagant love in a real way, everything that the
Kingdom of God has available for you is able to flow
into your life, making you an overcomer in every
situation.
3. Believe What Jesus Has Done
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony, and they did not
love their lives to the death. Revelation 12:11 (NKJV)
The blood of the Lamb has caused us to overcome in
this world.
The blood of the Lamb has washed away all our sin
and given us the very righteousness of God, the
righteousness that causes us to rule and reign on the
earth. Jesus has secured the victory through His
death and resurrection. Many Christians don’t even
know this! Jesus has redeemed us from the curse of
the law.
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law,
having become a curse for us (for it is written,
“Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), Galatians
3:13 (NKJV)
Everything bad you could think of is listed under the
curse of the law in Deuteronomy 28. And Jesus has
redeemed us from all these things! The curse of the
law was for sinners, and because of God’s forgive-
ness and free gift of righteousness, we no longer
have to suffer under the punishment of sin. We are
free! Jesus will always lead you into the victory he
has obtained. He didn’t die in vain. There is real vic-
tory for you through the cross. This is not just some
religious saying. It is reality!
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those
who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is
the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18 (NKJV)
Now thanks be to God who always leads us in tri-
umph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance
of His knowledge in every place. 2 Corinthians 2:14
(NKJV)
Do you believe these things about yourself? Take a
moment and sit still with yourself. Do you believe
that you have these qualities? If not ask the Lord to
help you to receive them...and to show you person-
ally you are an overcomer! Next Month Part 2.
Jesus loves you an so do I!
~ Pastor Doug
