Christian Healing Ministry - Devotionals

Devotional for October 1, 2026

FOCUS ON HE WHO IS INSIDE YOU

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 1 John 4:4

“You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He Who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”

Additional Verses

📖 Judges 14:1-20; 1 Samuel 17:34-58; Acts 16:16-40

Great people have no time to talk about small things or even focus on the insignificant things. Rather, they spend their time growing much bigger and bigger. They only focus on achieving the greatness that God has promised them. Great people are actually children of God who have accepted the LORD Jesus Christ into their lives. Children of God have the Spirit of God installed in them. The Spirit of God is greater than the world and this also means that you are also greater than the world. At times you are overcome by the world because you focus too much on the world rather than focusing on the LORD Jesus Christ Who is inside you. 1 Corinthians 3:16 says, “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you.” Focusing more on the world may open doors for the enemy to penetrate. But you are being encouraged to completely focus on God the Father Who makes you great and a spiritual giant. Once you are great you have no time to focus on the enemy because he becomes non-factor. Isaiah 54:17 says, “No weapon forged against you will prevail and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and this is their vindication from Me, declares the LORD.” The devil immediately comes under your feet and becomes very small in your eyes and in his eyes you are very great. So why should you waste your time focusing on something under your feet rather than focusing on Jesus Christ Who is the LORD of lords and King of kings. An example of one great man of God who once the Spirit of the LORD was upon him focused on Him Who was in him was Samson. In Judges 14:6 when a lion charged towards him, the Bible says, “And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he tore the lion apart as one would have torn apart a young goat, though he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.” This shows that Samson’s focus was not on the pressures from the outside which were nothing as compared to the One Who was inside him Who was greater than he who was outside. When David in 1 Samuel 17:45-47, confronted Goliath who was so heavily armed, he did not at all show any concern about Goliath’s size or his sophisticated armor because just like Samson, he was more conscious of the LORD’s presence in his life and in the name of the LORD God, he knew that Goliath was soon going to be included in the list of his victims. Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary never concentrated on those who were nailing Him to the cross, and the pain He was going through, but instead He focused on God the Father. He went on to pray for all those who were doing harm to Him. Luke 23:34 says, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” He left us an example to follow. Paul and Silas in Acts chapter 16 were not worried about the condition they were in, in prison and chained for Jesus Christ. Instead, they focused on God and started praying and praising God. Verse 26 says, “And suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaken and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.” Just as Samson and David, Paul and Silas and many other great men of God in the Bible focused on Him Who was inside them, if you begin to follow this example, you are going to see how the devil is going to bow down, and you will enjoy prosperity upon prosperity and success upon success in everything you will ever do, from today. Alleluia!

Prayer

Dear LORD Jesus Christ, I thank You for Your Word which tells me about Your greatness. Help me to always focus on You because You are greater than the world and nothing can distract me. Thank You LORD Jesus Christ, Amen.