TOPIC: POWER TO OVERCOME
SCRIPTURE: “But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you…” Acts 1:8 (AMPC)
Joyce Meyer Devotional for 11th November 2021 | Message:
No one’s life is everything he or she wants it to be. We all have disappointments, challenges and struggles, sometimes even heartbreaks and tragedies. I have never met a person who could honestly say, “My life has always been every bit as wonderful as I always dreamed it would be.”
God’s job is not to make us happy or to give us the lives we’ve always hoped for. Often, we so desperately want unsaved people to become Christians that we tell them their lives will be better if they will just receive Jesus.
In many ways, this is true, but sometimes we paint such a rosy picture that we lead people to believe they will never have another problem again if they will simply ask Jesus to be their Lord and Savior. This is not true. Jesus did not come to give anyone a life of leisure; Jesus came to give us abundant life, but not a trouble-free life. Part of the abundance He offers is the power of His Spirit to overcome what others cannot. As believers, we have the power of the Holy Spirit to help us deal with circumstances differently than nonbelievers do.
When we are in Christ, we are supernaturally anointed to live our natural, ordinary lives in supernatural ways. We can be at peace in the midst of a crisis, and we can be positive when everything around is gloomy and depressing. Why? Because we can choose joy, peace, positive attitudes, and stability. We can overcome the negative situations that are part of life, but we must choose—through the power of the Holy Spirit—to do so.
Prayer Starter: Lord, thank You for the power of the Holy Spirit to help me deal with any circumstance that comes my way. Amen!
Thank you for your time in reading Today’s Joyce Meyer Devotional for 11 November 2021 | Power To Overcome
