God Living In Us; Day043

Little children, you are of God [you belong to Him] and have [already] defeated and overcome them [the agents of the antichrist], because He Who lives in you is greater (mightier) than he who is in the world. 1John 4:4

There are times that we feel powerless and helpless when we face a big temptation or facing a huge unsolvable problem [in our eyes] or encountering an enormous mountain in our journey.  There are times that we feel giving up is our only option when all the worlds problem land in our shoulder at once.  How do we encourage ourselves when those situations arise? How do we face adversities? How do we handle discouragement? How do we face a loss? How do we face death?  How do we handle failure?  The simple answer is – there is a greater person living with us, who is with us in every situation. He will provide us a way out if we let Him.  Be encouraged! We are not alone in this journey. Song of the day is Awesome In This Place from the album  The Secret Place .

MIT (Most Important Task)
1. 5Mile Time Trial
2. Work 10H
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Barnes on 1John 4:4
”Ye are of God – You are of his family; you have embraced his truth, and imbibed his Spirit.

Little children – Notes, 1Jo_2:1.
And have overcome them – Have triumphed over their arts and temptations; their endeavors to draw you into error and sin. The word them in this place seems to refer to the false prophets or teachers who collectively constituted antichrist. The meaning is, that they had frustrated or thwarted all their attempts to turn them away from the truth.

Because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world – God, who dwells in your hearts, and by whose strength and grace alone you have been enabled to achieve this victory, is more mighty than Satan, who rules in the hearts of the people of this world, and whose seductive arts are seen in the efforts of these false teachers. The apostle meant to say that it was by no power of their own that they achieved this victory, but it was to be traced solely to the fact that God dwelt among them, and had preserved them by his grace. What was true then is true now. He who dwells in the hearts of Christians by his Spirit, is infinitely more mighty than Satan, “the ruler of the darkness of this world;” and victory, therefore, over all his arts and temptations may be sure. In his conflicts with sin, temptation, and error, the Christian should never despair, for his God will insure him the victory.”

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