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"Under the surface of his life, dark as it was at the moment, a purpose was taking form in his mind; he knew that he was born for victory." A biographer wrote those words about Ralph Waldo Emerson when Emerson's wife and two brothers had died tragically. Paul, also, wrote about victory: "And, yet, in spite of all, overwhelming victory is ours through him who loved us" (Romans 8:37). Positive faith brings victory over flightiness. When you call a person "flighty," you are calling attention to a life full of whims, fickled, inconstant. You can find victory through faith because faith focuses energies. Positive faith brings victory over feebleness. Many people feel inwardly weak. Daily they face problems in personal life, in family matters, in the business world. "Every sort of energy and endurance, of courage and capacity for handling life's evils, is set free in those who have religious faith," said William James. Positive faith brings victory over fearfulness. In an Indian fable, a mouse lived in constant fear of a cat. A magician took pity on the mouse and turned it into a cat. Immediately, it became afraid of the dog. So the magician turned it into a dog. Immediately, it began to fear the tiger. Sighing, the magician said, "Be a mouse again. You've only the heart of a mouse!" Faith puts a new heart into us by freeing energies from fear.
-- Chinn
-- Chinn
