Overcomer

 Re:Verse passage – Psalm 46:1-11 (day three)

¹ God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.

² Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;

³ Though its waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. (vv. 1-3)

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. (John 16:33)

Even in the Old Testament, it was clear to God’s people that things would not always be easy. Evil and calamity are ever present (until the Lord makes all things new again) because sin broke what God made. But, right alongside the evil and calamity is the ever-present reassurance that evil, fear, calamity, shame, hopelessness, guilt, grave, and pain do not win. The Psalmists point this out with the first lines of the Psalm. God is always there even when things around us take a turn for the worse.

Jesus then reminds us of the same thing in the New Testament. His words bring a heaviness that reminds us of the fallen nature of this world, but He doesn’t leave it there. “Take heart! I have overcome the world.” What a good reminder from our Savior! He lifts us from the depths of despair to the knowledge that He has won.

Today, as the world reminds you of how calamitous and fallen it is, may you take refuge in the Lord, trusting that He has overcome. Though everything should change and the world should shake to its core, may you trust in the Solid Rock of God today. He has overcome!