It is difficult at times to overcome all the radical curves of life. And when we are in the throws of feeling like we have been overcome by everything bombarding us it may seem there is no way to rise up and be the Overcomer. Even those who were, what some today may call, “giants in the faith”, these felt the pressure from it all. The Apostle Paul said: “We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair” (2 Corinthians 4:8). He felt the pressure.
The ability of these “giants of faith” in that time and down through the ages, up to and including our time, comes from a FACT so many overlook. We don’t become an overcomer by our own strength. Although the Word of God is very clear on this point, many have tried to tell those, who would listen to their words, that the only way to be an overcomer is to DO — do this, then do that, then go back and do this. After a while, many folks realize they can not DO and so believe they will never be an overcomer. The truth of being an overcomer is not in our DOING. Of course, for many of those who insist that to become an Overcomer, you must DO, and they point to themselves as proof by declaring that they are DOING everything perfectly and are thus an overcomer. The problem is, no one has ever met anyone who can DO perfectly. And I haven’t known anyone who can say they have met anyone who can DO perfectly. The position of a PERFECT DOER is reserved for only one individual in the human race. That one person is Jesus Christ.
Well, if none of us can DO perfectly, is it really possible for anyone to become an Overcomer? Yes! But there is only one way, and those “giants of the faith” discovered it. If you would like to know the secret of being The Overcomer! go to the Word of God, 1 John 5:4-5, For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? If you have learned the secret of being an Overcomer, let me know.