Born To Be Victorious
by Gloria Copeland
It’s not hard these days to figure out why the Bible tells believers not to be conformed to this world. All you have to do is look around and you can see: This world is messed up!
Sometimes I can hardly believe how messed up it actually is. I hear about the ungodly ways people are behaving and the ridiculous things they’re coming up with to try to solve society’s problems and I wonder, What’s wrong with them? Why would anyone think and act like that?
Then, of course, I remember: They’re in the dark, that’s why.
Their minds have been blinded by the god of this world, the devil (2 Corinthians 4:4). Everything in this world system is under his dominion. What it accepts as truth comes from him and he’s the father of lies.
Talk about twisted! It’s no wonder this world can’t think straight. It’s under the influence of the ultimate deceiver.
As a believer, however, you don’t have to surrender to that influence. You don’t have to live like the world does, in darkness, under the devil’s thumb. You can walk in the light and live on this earth as more than a conqueror. You can reign as a king in life through Jesus Christ.
“For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith” (1 John 5:4, "Amplified Bible, Classic Edition").
BVOV : 27
