Believe what Jesus says about you. This has been a theme that has been running through my head for a couple of weeks now. God has been using this phrase recently to encourage me and to use me to encourage others.
Satan wants nothing more than for us to feel defeated. He wants nothing more than for us to throw in the towel. Just give up. Our adversary says we are not good enough. Not smart enough. Not strong enough. He tells us to quit trying because we will never succeed. He reminds us of our failures and assures us that we will indeed fail again.
Jesus tells us that He is enough. He is good enough, smart enough, and strong enough. In 2 Corinthians 12:9, Jesus told Paul, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." When we become his disciples, we are promised that he will never give up on us. When we fall, he is strong enough to pick us up, dust us off, and lift our heads.
We are called his children, his beloved. The Word of God assures us that before Christ, all we had to offer were filthy rags but when we embrace a relationship with him, we are co-heirs with Jesus. If Jesus is the King of Kings and we are his children, then we must be princes and princesses in the most glorious kingdom of all eternity. When the Bible speaks of our heavenly inheritance, it speaks of being in the court of the most high God. We stand to inherit the earth and the fullness thereof because it all belongs to our Father. Not only does our Father own cattle on a thousand hills, he owns the thousand hills too.
He says that those who follow him are new, transformed, justified, redeemed, accepted, righteous, free, chosen, holy, blameless, sealed, alive, complete, and Jesus even calls us his friends. We can stand up to our adversary and remind him of all of these things. Tell our enemy who you are in Christ. Never ever give up. Remind Satan of his destiny and yours! Thomas Edison once said, "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." When you think you don't have the strength to defeat the enemy, you are absolutely correct. But when you trust in the power of our Creator God, you have more than enough weapons to slay the father of lies. Get back in the fight and try again, dear friend, for Jesus has already said that you are victorious!
We are called his children, his beloved. The Word of God assures us that before Christ, all we had to offer were filthy rags but when we embrace a relationship with him, we are co-heirs with Jesus. If Jesus is the King of Kings and we are his children, then we must be princes and princesses in the most glorious kingdom of all eternity. When the Bible speaks of our heavenly inheritance, it speaks of being in the court of the most high God. We stand to inherit the earth and the fullness thereof because it all belongs to our Father. Not only does our Father own cattle on a thousand hills, he owns the thousand hills too.
He says that those who follow him are new, transformed, justified, redeemed, accepted, righteous, free, chosen, holy, blameless, sealed, alive, complete, and Jesus even calls us his friends. We can stand up to our adversary and remind him of all of these things. Tell our enemy who you are in Christ. Never ever give up. Remind Satan of his destiny and yours! Thomas Edison once said, "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." When you think you don't have the strength to defeat the enemy, you are absolutely correct. But when you trust in the power of our Creator God, you have more than enough weapons to slay the father of lies. Get back in the fight and try again, dear friend, for Jesus has already said that you are victorious!
