Steeped in the Word

October 19, 2025 – 10/19/2025

10 – Perfect Order

19 – Faith

Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you. Luke 10:19 NLT

Faith to Thrive\n

There is a great difference between self-preservation and overcoming. It\u2019s the difference between the wilderness and the Promised Land. A survivor is someone who suffers a terrible attack and lives to tell about it.\n

In the Kingdom of God, that\u2019s not good enough. An overcomer is someone who suffers a terrible attack, then rises up and defeats his attacker. Survivors are victims. Overcomers are victorious. Survivors have wounds. Overcomers have scars, like Jesus.\n

Survivors are peacekeepers \u2013 think United Nations Peacekeeping Forces \u2013 basically useless. Overcomers are peace makers \u2013 think the six-chambered pistol Samuel Colt forged that was used to bring justice and order to a lawless land.\n

You see, survivors go through the fire, then live life in constant reference to how they were burned. Overcomers go through the fire, and don\u2019t even have the smell of smoke on their clothes \u2013 think Meshach, Shadrach, and Abednego walking with the Angel of God in the fiery furnace.\n

Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, \u201cBlessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king\u2019s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God!\u201d \u2013 Daniel 3:28\n

Were they concerned about their own survival? If they were, they would have bowed down to the golden statue of Nebuchadnezzar. Instead, they refused to worship a false god. They honored the one true God by showing their evil king who the real boss was.\n

Yes, there is a big difference between survivors and overcomers. However, the biggest difference is in reward. In the Kingdom of God, survivors don\u2019t inherit the promises. Overcomers do.","hover":"\nWhich Wolf Do You Feed?\n

Jesus-driven thinking helps and heals. This is what the Bible has to say on the subject: For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. \u2013 Romans 8:6\n

The Cherokee nation knew it, too. Check out this spot-on tribal tale:\n

An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life. He told the boy, \u201cA terrible fight is going on inside me. It is a fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and self-doubt.\"\n

The old man continued: \u201cThe other wolf is good. He is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.\u201d He then told the boy, \u201cThis same fight is going on inside you and inside every other person, too.\u201d\n

The grandson thought about it for a minute, then asked his grandfather, \u201cWhich wolf will win?\u201d The wise old chief replied, \u201cThe one you feed.\u201d\n

What wolf have you been feeding? Just know the wolf of evil thoughts will eventually devour you, and likely others as well. Thoughts become actions, and there is always collateral damage.\n

That\u2019s not you! You can control your thought life and ensure the evil wolf starves to death."}},"slug":"et_pb_blurb"}">Faith to Thrive

There is a great difference between self-preservation and overcoming. It’s the difference between the wilderness and the Promised Land. A survivor is someone who suffers a terrible attack and lives to tell about it.

In the Kingdom of God, that’s not good enough. An overcomer is someone who suffers a terrible attack, then rises up and defeats his attacker. Survivors are victims. Overcomers are victorious. Survivors have wounds. Overcomers have scars, like Jesus.

Survivors are peacekeepers – think United Nations Peacekeeping Forces – basically useless. Overcomers are peace makers – think the six-chambered pistol Samuel Colt forged that was used to bring justice and order to a lawless land.

You see, survivors go through the fire, then live life in constant reference to how they were burned. Overcomers go through the fire, and don’t even have the smell of smoke on their clothes – think Meshach, Shadrach, and Abednego walking with the Angel of God in the fiery furnace.

Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God!” – Daniel 3:28

Were they concerned about their own survival? If they were, they would have bowed down to the golden statue of Nebuchadnezzar. Instead, they refused to worship a false god. They honored the one true God by showing their evil king who the real boss was.

Yes, there is a big difference between survivors and overcomers. However, the biggest difference is in reward. In the Kingdom of God, survivors don’t inherit the promises. Overcomers do.

Grounded in FaithDeclare!

Jesus went to the cross and paid the price for all sin so I could live free and victorious. I was not saved to merely survive – I was saved to overcome everything and thrive. My life is abundantly filled with good things because He loves me.

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