More Than a Conqueror
What is a conqueror? A conqueror is someone who enters into battle with the knowledge that he might lose. Yet with courage and determination, he pours all he has into the battle. He seeks to overcome the enemy, hoping for victory.
But the Bible tells us that a child of God is more than a conqueror. What does it mean to be more than a conqueror? Well, a person who is more than a conqueror knows that the fight is fixed and he cannot lose. As they enter the battle, they know that they can be wounded. They understand they might be injured. There will be times when they are frightened. They may also feel discouraged. And yet, we are more than a conqueror. We have the assurance that whoever is born again has already overcome the world. Our hope is in Christ and He has already made us victorious.
Yes, those of us who are more than a conqueror are assured of victory before the battle even begins. When Moses demanded that Pharaoh let the Israelites go, Pharaoh was already defeated. The walls of Jericho could not stand against the shouts of the Israelites. This happened because Joshua obeyed the instructions of the Commander of the Army of the Lord. The giant Goliath had no chance against a little shepherd boy. David knew that the battle was the Lord’s.
We have this promise, if God is for us then no one can stand against us. So, I’m convinced that nothing can get between us and God’s love. Absolutely nothing living or dead can break this bond. Nothing angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable, can break this bond. This bond is in Jesus Christ our Lord. Victory is ours because in Christ we are More than a Conqueror.
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns?
It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:31-39 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/rom.8.31-39.NKJV
Douglas & Deborah Huff
From Down Where the Pavement Ends
email-douglas@pavementendsministry.com
