January 14

Faith Is the Victory

This is the victory that has overcome the world; our faith.
—1 John 5:4

Scripture reading: 1 John 5:4–15

W hen I was ministering to the sick, a man came who was

shriveled and weakened; his cheek bones were sticking
out, his eyes sunken, and his neck all shriveled. He was
just a form of a man. He whispered, for he could only speak with a
weak voice, ―Can you help me?‖
I asked ―What is it?‖ He said that he had had surgery to remove
stomach cancer. As a result of the operation, he could not swallow.
He said, ―I have tried to take some juice today, but it would
not go down.‖ He whispered, ―I have a hole in my stomach. As I
pour liquid in through a tube, my stomach receives that. I have
been living this way for three months.‖
You could call it a shadow of life he was living. Could I help
him? Look! This Book can help anybody. This Book is the essence
of life. God moves as you believe. This Book is the Word of God.
Could I help him? I said, ―On the authority of this Word, this night
you will have a big supper.‖
But he said he could not eat. ―Do as I tell you,‖ I answered.
―How can it be?‖
―It is time,‖ I said, ―to go and eat a good supper.‖ He went
home and told his wife.
She could not understand it. She said, ―You cannot eat. You
cannot swallow.‖
But he whispered, ―The man said I had to do it.‖ He became
hungry and ventured, ―I will try it.‖ His wife prepared his supper.
He took a mouthful, and it went down just as easy as possible. He
went on eating food until he was full. Then he and his wife had one
of the best times of their lives. The next morning he was so full of
joy because he had eaten again. He looked down out of curiosity to
see the hole and found that God had closed it up!
But you ask, Can He do it for me? Yes, if you believe it. Let
God have His way. Touch God now. Faith is the victory.

Thought for today: The Word of God is marrow to your bones. It is

resurrection from every weakness; it is life from the dead.
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