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*RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL*


*Sunday, June 14th, 2026*
*Pastor Chris Oyakhilome DSc DSc DD*

*YOU'VE OVERCOME THE WORLD*

📖 *_"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith" (1 John 5:4)._*

Our opening scripture presents a truth that should fundamentally change your perspective concerning the world and its influences: you've overcome the world. This is not a promise but a declaration of present truth. You've overcome the world and its crippling and corrupting influences. You've overcome the world's system, its economy, economics, and politics.

This is why it's important as a Christian that you know who you are. Always be mindful of your identity; you're born of God; and for that reason, the Scripture says you've overcome the world! It doesn't say strive to overcome the world; neither does it suggest a progressive attainment of victory.

This has nothing to do with your effort but the result of what Christ has already done. He said in John 16:33, *_"...be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."_* He didn't do it for Himself; He did it for you. Your victory is a present reality rooted in your oneness and identity with Christ and your faith in His finished works.

The world operates through sensory perception and natural reasoning. But as Christians, we live by faith: *_"...as it is written, the just shall live by faith"_* (Romans 1:17). The life in Christ is governed by faith. To walk by faith is to live above the world's system, to live in transcendence over it.

We're not called to fight the world, the flesh or the devil. We've overcome the world. We've crucified the flesh. We're superior to the devil. What we're called to do with the world is to tame it and not to love it: *_"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world..."_*(1 John 2:15). The absence of affection neutralizes influence.

This was what Paul meant when he said by the Spirit in Galatians 6:14, *_"...the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."_* You're dead to the world. The systems of this world have no claim, no hold, and no defining power over your life because though you're in the world, you're not of this world (John 15:19). *Blessed be God!*

          *PRAYER*

*Dear Father, thank you for the victory I have in Christ. I walk by faith and not by sight, living above the systems and influences of this world. I'm not subject to the world; I've overcome it, and I live in that consciousness today, in Jesus' Name. Amen.*

      *FURTHER STUDY:*

1 John 5:4-5 AMPC *||* *_"[4] For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith. [5] Who is it that is victorious over [that conquers] the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on that fact]?"_* *||*

Galatians 6:14 *||* *_"But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."_* *||*

1 John 2:15 NIV *||* *_"Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them."_* *||*

    *DAILY SCRIPTURE READING:*

*1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*
Acts 4:32- 5:1-11 & 2 Chronicles 20-22

*2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*
2 Corinthians 3:11-18 & Songs Of Solomon 7-8

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Remain blessed🌹

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