Live The Higher Life
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me
ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have
tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome
the world (John 16:33)
These are the words of Jesus; such powerful,
comforting, lifting and encouraging words!
He said, “…In the world ye shall have tribulation:
but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
What a confession. He lived the higher life. When
He physically walked the earth, even though He was
in a world plagued with gross darkness, economic
hardships, sickness, oppression, disasters, death,
etc., He was so detached from the problems and
the influences of His day. He lived in another realm,
unscathed by the vagaries of nature and corrupting
influences in the world.
Why was He so different? It’s because He had a
peculiar mind-set; the mind-set of the righteous. And
according to the Scriptures, we’re like Him. 1 John
4:17 says, “…as he is, so are we in this world.” We’re
therefore to live the higher life—in absolute dominion
over the world and its systems as He did. His victory
over the world was for you. You’ve already been made
triumphant.
When you face challenges, persecutions, distressing
situations, turbulent times, be of good cheer, because
in Christ, you’ve overcome the world. 1 John 4:4 says,
“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome
them: because greater is he that is in you, than he
that is in the world.”
Having this consciousness will even affect your
prayer language; you won’t be begging God to help
you against the enemy or to deliver you from the
problems you might be facing. Rather, you’d say, “In
the Name of the Lord Jesus, I have overcome the world
and its systems, its hatred, its penury, its corruption,
depression, and falsehood!”
Refuse to allow anything in this world get you
depressed or despaired; you’re more than a conqueror.
You’re bigger than the world and all its problems.
Live the higher life in Christ by simply living in God’s
Word.
Confession
I’ve overcome the world and its systems, because greater is He
that’s in me, than he that’s in the world.
I live in dominion over all the powers and schemes of the
enemy, as I walk in the wisdom and righteousness of God, in
Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further study:
Psalm 34:19-22; 2 Timothy 3:12; Romans 8:31-39
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
John 8:48-59
2 Kings 1-3
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Mark 11:12-26