Born to overcome

In most sports, to win a match, you have to beat your opponent, and even when a draw is allowed, you will eventually have to beat them in the knockout rounds. There is no point in talking about winning a tournament, because here you automatically have to beat all the opponents you face at every stage.

The same applies to the word “conquer.” Conquering implies that there is opposition, that there is adversity ahead, but that you ultimately prevail. Conquering therefore means winning a victory over something or someone, or overcoming a difficulty, a challenge, an obstacle—in short, a difficult situation.

Overcoming challenges will therefore require our faith, our belief, our confidence in ourselves and in life, or our lucky star or in God, depending on our personal beliefs...

Here, we will focus on faith in God.

In 1st John 5 : 4, we can read this:

« For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith » (KJV)

« For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith » (NLT)

The presence of God in your life, and therefore of Christ in you, makes you capable of anything. Indeed, this divine gift transforms you into a different person in the same body from the moment you accept Jesus into your life. However, things are not as simple and automatic as your daily observations show you, I think.

Although divine life is within you, a combination of several equally important ingredients will be necessary to achieve your goals and fulfill your destiny. That is the subject of our discussion today.

In this sermon, Dr. Raoul Wafo presents four (4) areas in which our faith must be deployed so that we can experience victory according to God's plan:

1 – Your identity

It is through faith that you become a child of God by accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and it is also through faith that you know you are a child of God.

That is why seeking daily personal revelation of your identity to yourself will be fundamental.

" It changes everything when you realize who you are! "

Dr Raoul Wafo

I deeply believe that a human being can only reveal the version of themselves that they are aware of being. To simplify, I mean that it is by discovering ourselves that we can better allow others the opportunity to truly discover and get to know us.

2 – Discover the life within you: The Zoe Life

Life Zoé can be defined as the fullness of divine life, meaning that it is not only physical life but also, and above all, spiritual life, the life of the soul, which manifests itself in what can be described as the “fruits of life” : love of God, love of humanity, a change of heart (you naturally become uncomfortable with anything that is wrong and can no longer perform actions that previously seemed harmless to you), and the quality of God's life (you naturally aspire to behave like God in His various characteristics), wisdom, intelligence, and productivity.

3 – Becoming aware of the power of the covenant

It is through faith that we have the inner revelation in our minds (and not just intellectual knowledge) that we are in covenant with God as descendants of Abraham.

4 – Possessing your inheritance (in Christ)

Claiming your inheritance will clearly require you to overcome adversity, because the devil's goal is for you to never experience your blessings and to settle for a life that bears no resemblance to God's plan for your life.

Once again, we see that challenges are inevitable in everyday life, but through faith, we have the assurance that our covenant guarantees us victory.

When faced with challenges and adversity, we will need one essential quality: the courage to dare.

Let us dare to be bold, regardless of adversity, following the example of our Master Jesus, who calmed the storm.

(See Mark 4:35-41)

Hang in there, your blessings are there, waiting for you on the other side of these challenges! Your victory is already there, it's only a matter of time before you see it with your own eyes.

SBE

If you would like to explore this topic further, below is a link to the sermon that I have attempted to summarize. I say “attempted” because this topic is so dense and profound that I cannot claim to have done it justice.

Blessings !

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