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Grace to Overcome

Revelation 12:10

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Messiah have now come, because the accuser of our brothers has been thrown out: the one who accuses them before our God day and night.

In the verses just previous to this passage, war broke out in heaven, and God’s angelic army defeated Satan’s entourage. God cast him down to earth, where he was extremely angry and began to wreak havoc on God’s people because he knew his time was short. The reason we see so much evil in this world right now is because the Devil has already been defeated, and he is doing all he can to destroy God’s people before he is ultimately thrown into the Lake of Fire, where he will receive his final judgment.

Satan’s goal is to destroy the relationship we have with the Father. He tempts us and lures us into sin using our own weaknesses, then he uses that sin to accuse us to God by revealing how bad we are. He will use our sin or his demons to cause problems in our life and place thoughts in our head to make us think God is punishing us. He tries to convince us that we must pay for our own sins and that we will never be good enough. He is the father of lies! When we turn to God in repentance, the authority of the Messiah breaks the power of the devil to accuse us. Instead of punishment, God offers us grace to overcome.

Paul struggled in weakness, just as we do. He acknowledged that he was not perfect and admitted to a thorn in the flesh. While he pleaded with God to take away his weakness so he might better serve Christ, God responded to him with a message of grace: My grace is sufficient for you. God’s grace in light of Christ’s sacrifice was all he needed to overcome and fulfill the purpose to which God had called him.

The Message Bible has the most comforting and encouraging words regarding our weakness and Christ’s strength I’ve seen. Please read carefully Paul’s words of 2 Corinthians 2:10:

Once I heard that (God’s grace is sufficient), I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ’s strength moving in on my weakness. Now I take limitations in stride, and with good cheer; these limitations that cut me down to size – abuse, accidents, oppositions, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over. And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become.

Thank you, Lord, for your powerful grace. Enough said!

Have a blessed day!

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