He is Greater

“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].”

1 JOHN 4:4 AMP

When we hear this verse, we often think it sounds cliche or just like a pep talk or something from a fairytale where the hero must prevail over evil. It sounds great, but is it true? For my life? For everyone?

As a Christian, it is just about the truest thing out there! We have been programmed over the years by religion and media to think that good vs. evil is what it’s all about, that these “forces” are equally opposing. THAT is a lie! Satan is but an angel, one that couldn’t cut it! Heck, psalm 8 says that man, us measly humans, were made just a little lower than the angels. If we know where we are in the “food chain” as it were, then we can imagine that Satan is not much more powerful than a man alone. Here’s where it gets good… When you become a Christian and you have Holy Spirit residing inside of you, you are no longer man alone. You now have all the power and authority that comes with the name of Jesus backing you! You become “super charged!”

Phil 2:9-11 says, “…God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW [in submission], of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess and openly acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord (sovereign God), to the glory of God the Father.”

He that is in you is truly greater than any opposition you can encounter at any point in your life. Remember that when the enemy comes knocking and trying to sell his lies. Remember that when you are feeling knocked down and out by the issues of life. Remember that in any battle you face, whether spiritual, physical (some sort of illness or lack that would try to make itself seem larger in your life than the God who resides inside of you), emotional (depression, anxiety, stress, loneliness, etc) or financial.

No matter what you face, remember that the God inside of you and the authority in His name is so much greater. You have the victory because HE has the victory and lives inside of you and through you!