Faith that overcomes

"This isn’t about living some successful, victorious, abundant, physically rich and healthy life; it is about things that money cannot buy, and the devil cannot steal. The abundant life that Jesus says Satan is trying to steal, kill, and destroy, he can’t, because it is spiritual abundance (John 10:10). Our faith is what teaches us that (1 John 5:4). The victory that overcomes the world, even our faith, doesn’t mean our faith gets us out of the problems; it means we remain faithful even while we are in them! We have been granted the faith and the power to endure suffering, not to remove it. It isn’t the more faith you have the less suffering and trials you will have but the more faith you have the more faithful you will be during them! We keep on conquering what the world would try and have us do, turn our backs on God, and instead, our faith turns us back to God, crying Abba Father (Romans 8:15)!"

- J.D. Hatfield