More Than Conquerors Romans 8:35-39 KJV

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 thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that 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 creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

More than conquerors? To me that phrase says there is no way to lose when we struggle for and with “him that loved us.” It means that no matter what man’s definition of victory may be we will be victorious in and through Christ Jesus.

What would you do if you were guaranteed you would be successful? How would your dreams be different? How would your life be different if you knew that whatever you set your mind to, it would be accomplished? What if you could live your entire life giving glory and honor to our Savior and not have to be concerned what others thought of you?

Guess what? That’s what these verses are telling you. If God is the focus of every decision you make, you cannot fail. You cannot fail. To God, merely taking the leap of faith is success! Isn’t that freeing? Merely offering up our every thought, decision, action and plan to God, means we have succeeded. He so desires our hearts that He created a fool-proof success plan: Jesus!

These words of hope come with a tremendous sense of responsibility as well, though. How does one respond to such a gift? How do we reshape and re-evaluate our lives in light of this great promise? What wrongs do we feel compelled to right in the world? What hurts and pains are we compelled to ease and soothe?

From what I hear on the evening news, there is plenty of suffering, famine, heartache, poverty, homelessness and war to go around. Any one of those tragic human conditions would be a good place to focus. Maybe first we can look around us at the individuals in our daily lives. Perhaps we are estranged from a family member or have a severed friendship that we need to repair.

Perhaps we can vote responsibly and get involved in our local politics. Maybe we can merely decide to live the best life we can possibly live. That may seem like a small thing, but remember, through Christ, we are more than conquerors.

My prayer today is that you reframe your life by both offering your life to Christ, and claiming the victory of His resurrection as your own.

Mary  ¶ 6:13 AM