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“I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one” (1 John 2:14).
This verse includes both young men and young women; God intends that they should be strong in their Christian faith. It does not mean that they are strong in themselves, but rather because the Word of God abides in them. How does God’s Word abide in us? It is not only by reading the Word of God, but by letting it sink down into our hearts, so that our lives are formed by it. This makes us strong as Christians, and we are able to overcome the wicked one — Satan.
Sometimes young people think that if only they could live somewhere else, or perhaps go out and serve the Lord in a foreign country, they would be able to overcome better. However, this is not true. If we cannot be overcomers at home, we cannot overcome anywhere. It is not our circumstances that make us able to overcome, but our state of soul before the Lord. The Lord may send us somewhere else to work for Him, but first we must show that we are willing to live for Him where we are now. It is often in the little things of life that our true strength as Christians shows itself.
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