B V O V
:
5
You do not have to let the devilish circum-
stances in this world determine how you're
going to live. Because you are born of God,
you can rise above them. When they try to
force their way into your life, you can take
dominion over them rather than letting them
dominate you.
So can I, and every other believer.
Regardless of what this world throws at us, we
can walk in victory—spirit, soul, body, fi nancially
and in every other way: "For whatsoever is born
of God overcometh the world: and this is the
victory that overcometh the world, even our
faith" (1 John 5:4).
By faith, even while we're in the world, we can
live a life that's out of this world!
According to one dictionary, the phrase out of
this world refers to something of extraordinary
excellence. It describes something that exists in
this world, and yet in quality rises above what
the world considers normal.
That's exactly the kind of life God intends
for us, as His born-again children, to live. It's
the kind of life Jesus prayed for us to have in
John 17, just before He went to the cross.
Think how signifi cant what Jesus prayed
must have been to Him at that moment. He was
entering the fi nal precious hours of His earthly
ministry. He had fi nished the work God called
Him to do as a prophet under the Abrahamic
covenant, and was about to be crucifi ed as the
Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the
world.
Jesus could have prayed about anything right
then, but He chose to pray about the things that
are most important. With the men who had
followed Him for three and a half years gathered
around Him, He chose to pray not only for
Next time you hear about some evil that's
currently sweeping across the world—whether
it's the latest pandemic, an increase in violence,
an economic crisis or whatever—remember
this: As a believer, you are not of this world.
You're in it, but you are not subject to it.
B V O V
:
5
POINTS TO
GET YOU THERE:
1
Jesus said that
those who believe
on Him are not of
this world.
(John 17:14)
2
He asked
the Father to
separate us from
this world and
keep us from the
evil in it.
(John 17:15)
3
God's separating,
liberating,
victory-producing
power is in
His WORD.
(John 8:31-32)
4
God's WORD is
so alive that
when its power
is released by
faith, anything
that has to do
with death must
get out of
the way.
(Heb. 4:12)
5
Because you're
born of God, you
can walk and
live in this world
as a winner.
(1 John 5:4)
