Of God!

Of God

1 John 4:4 AMP

[4] Little children (believers, dear ones), you are of God and you belong to Him and have [already] overcome them [the agents of the antichrist]; because He who is in you is greater than he (Satan) who is in the world [of sinful mankind].

Ownership defines benefits and entitlement. The question of identity is central to the themes of what you can get from God. John had no doubt about who he was and what he was, as we see in the very first verse of the book of 1 John: 'I am writing about what existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life. He had seen Him, He had touched Him, and his life could no longer be ordinary. If I am to speak with such confidence, I must start from the same point where John started from, which is the place of personal encounter. 

It was the same conviction and assurance that John had that he could speak to his audience this way. He addeessed them as co-heirs of the same blessings that he already had access to. There is nothing like 'almost saved'. You are either saved or not saved. You either belong to God or to the devil. There is no middle ground where you can sit and be non-committal to anything. There is too much danger around to be lackadaisical about the present and the future. The devil has been described as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may destroy. He does have some power, as he is able to steal, kill and destroy, but his power is limited by the One who is Omnipotent and Omniscient. 

That is why you do not joke with your location and position. God has to be IN me in order for Him to flow OUT of me. I cannot give what I do not have, and if I do not have Him, I do not have the ability or capacity to fake it for too long. The limitless God who is IN me as a child of God is far greater than the devil who is in temporary charge of the world's system. A day comes soon when the world's system will be judged and will come to an end, and the devil will be eternally judged. I have to make a decision today who I will surrender completely to. It cannot be this occasional visit to God; it has to be a consistent lifestyle of surrender, so that I can live in the victory and liberty that Jesus has secured for me. I am of God. Are you? God's time of favour is here.