Faith Is Your Victory

Have you failed? Is there a sin that easily besets you? Do you feel like a weakened coward, unable to get the victory over secret sin? Yet with that weakness in you, is there also a consuming hunger for God? Do you yearn for him?

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith” (1 John 5:4, NKJV).

Your hunger and thirst for God are the keys to your victory. That makes you different from all others who have been guilty of failing God. It sets you apart. You must keep that hunger alive. Keep thirsting after righteousness. Never justify your weakness, never give in to it, and never accept it as a part of your life.

Faith is your victory. Abraham had weaknesses; he lied, almost turning his wife into an adulteress. But “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness” (Romans 4:3).

Sure, you have failed. Maybe yesterday or even today! Do you believe Jesus has the power to ultimately free you from sin’s power? Do you believe the cross of Jesus means sin’s bondage is broken? Do you accept the fact that he has promised to deliver you from the snare of Satan?

Let me tell you exactly where I believe the victory lies. Let your heart accept all the promises of victory in Jesus. Let your faith tell your heart, “I may not be what I want to be yet, but God is at work in me, and he has the power to loosen sin’s hold on me. It may be little by little, but the day will come when faith will conquer. I will not always be a slave. I am not the devil’s puppet and will not be his victim. I am a weak child of God, wanting the strength of Jesus. I am going to come forth as pure gold tried in the fire. God is for me!

Beloved, commit it all to him. He will keep you from falling and present you faultless before the throne of God with exceeding joy!