BORN A WINNER

Wednesday 4 September

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)

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Romans 8:37 (NKJV)

Have you ever heard someone use the term ‘you’re a loser’? If you are are born of God, you are the antithesis of that statement because in Christ you are already a winner.

‘Nikao’ is the Greek word for ‘overcome’. Some of its meanings are to prevail, to win (as in a legal case), to come off victorious and to get the victory.

Alexander the Great was a conqueror which was the strongest word in those days to describe winning. Apostle Paul says ‘we are more than conquerors’ He couldn’t find a stronger construction to make his point.

The Lord Jesus defeated Satan, sin and death and came out of the grave victorious. As in any competition, there is a winner and a loser. He alone is the supreme conqueror.

Think about this for a moment. Jesus won the victory for us through His death, burial and resurrection. He conquered for us, and now we are living in the victory and living out His victory. We are past conquering!

The reason is; we were born that way. ‘Whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world’. Jesus resurrection made Him the champion and when we are resurrected in Him, we too come out as champions. In other words, we are born winners in Christ.

The biggest win you will ever have in your life is not position, possessions, wealth or fame. It is accepting the victory Jesus won for you in salvation. When all is said and done, this is what puts you eternally in the winners circle.

APPLICATION

Meditate on the scriptures that speak of the victory you have received in Christ and be continually aware that ‘you are of God and have (already) overcome them because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world’.