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Many people seem to believe that God simply does things by His choosing, that everything that happens to us is according to His sovereignty. But God gave us the ability to choose. In the same way that He spoke His Word of creation, Jesus taught that faith in God, and the faith of God, operates in the same way. Proverbs 18:21 says that death and life are in the power of the tongue. James said that it sets the course of nature. God responds to our choices. In the same way, the devil, as the accuser of the brethren, also comes against us based on his right to be here. 2 Corinthians 4:4 calls him the god of this world. He attacks us, but God has measures to protect us. The Lord can lead us by His Word inside of us, by His Spirit inside of us, and also protect us by his angels. When we remove ourselves from God's protection, it is not God that has allowed this, but we ourselves. However, when we are living in the right fellowship with God, walking in the Light and pleasing Him, according to 1 Corinthians 10:13, God will not allow any test or trial to happen to us that we cannot overcome in Him, if we will only do what His Word and His Spirit leads us to do. Now, that's shouting ground! The Holy Spirit is involved in our growth in God's Word, and what happens to us is governed by spiritual law. Jesus said that in this world, we'd have trouble, but to be of good cheer, for He has overcome the world. Let this message by Tony McCanless encourage you to experience the victory that overcomes the world, which is our faith.