As Christians how do we face the future? The future is unknown, and Satan is there always to fling his fiery darts to accuse and trouble us. Jesus speaks to us who trust in him and love him and are his disciples, words here by which we are able to be shielded from all the fiery darts of the evil one.
The first thing that the words of our Scripture tells us is that in our life in this world we shall have trouble. Because of this we are able to face the troubles with confidence, because Jesus goes on to tells us to take heart because he has overcome the world.
What is Jesus saying when he tells us he has overcome the world? The world is under the dominion of Satan, the god of this world. Every human being born into this world is born under his dominion. Because of this the furture is bleak for every human being because Satan is destined for hell and he takes all human beings under his dominion with him into hell.
Through the faith given us to trust in Jesus as our Saviour and sin-bearer, we have be given new life where we have been delivered from Satan's dominion and raised to new life to be under the authority of his kingdom, the kingdom of heaven and of God. This is how he has overcome the world for all who trust in him for this gift of eternal life. By his perfect life, and his all-sufficient death of taking the punishment for our sins, he has freed us from Satan's dominion, and freed us from this world. So we know he has loved with an everlasting love, and so that all things are working for our good in the purpose of God to bring us to his everlasting kingdom of heaven,
So we have peace as we live in the confidence of all that Jesus teaches us in his holy word, the Bible. The more we hear all he says in his word, the greater will be the peace we have in him. Our furture is secure whatever doubts or troubles Satan throws at us. We are safe in the arms of Jesus.