Overcomer

That is one word which God spoke clearly into me, since last year when I was in Budapest. Another word that God spoke clearly of is warrior . It seems at first to me, that perhaps God was telling me about my future, that I would have to endure and overcome the troubles of some sort, or that I would be a mighty warrior of God extending His kingdom here with the rest of His army of saints.

Then, I realized that God was using the words to tell me more about my existing circumstances: the problems I had adjusting to life in Budapest, the weak relationship I had with my family which He wanted to strengthen, the stress over applying for graduate school. God wanted me to overcome those problems. Even if I fell down again and again, He just wanted me to pick myself up again and again. He wanted me to never give up.

A few months later, I was especially encouraged when I read Revelations. In Jesus' words to the seven churchs, he always ended of by encouraging those who overcome.

"To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God." Rev 2:7

"He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death." Rev 2:11

"To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it." Rev 2:17

"To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations, ..., just as I have receuived authority from my Father. I will also give him the morning star." Rev 2:26

"He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels." Rev 3:5

"Him who overcomes, I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name." Rev 3:12

"To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne." Rev 3:21

What was encouraging was that Jesus didn't say, "To him who accomplishes many things". He said that we only have to remain faithful to Him, never giving up. Recently, I was reading "Day of the Saints" by Bill Hamon, and the author talked about exactly the same things! He described how as saints, we are overcomers and warriors in the Lord! The book touched my heart deeply in a way only God can. This is why I chose to write this here in my blog.

God gave me a word two weeks ago: "I desire to work through my people - not through those who do not fall, but through those who fall and always pick themselves up again." The Bible is full of stories about people who fell and picked themselves up again to be used by God: Moses who killed someone, Joseph who was thrown in jail, David who killed a man for his wife, Peter who denied the Lord, Paul who persecuted the Christians. God is an expert in helping people to their feet, if they would allow him to do it and not depend on their own strengths.