The Greater You

You are from God [given birth from the uncommon One], little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you [making you uncommon] than he who is in the world [the one who wants you to remain “common”]. (1 JOHN 4:4 NASB)

Greater is He that’s in you! This is worth repeating especially when most of us don’t know that what’s placed within us is greatness.

“Greater” is simply a word used to compare objects, ideas, methods, etc. It implies that one thing is greater, better and more advanced than another thing. In this case, God is all of that-greater, but greater than what?

In the quoted scripture above, He’s greater than he who is in the world-the world that we know. The world is another way to say what’s normal. God is greater than what’s normal to us. He supercedes things that are common to us.

In you is something greater than what’s ordinary and accepted. God in you, is greater than any of these. “Common” people are not greater than those who are no-longer-common. That’s what makes you no-longer-common; the fact that the one who isn’t “common” lives in you.