More Than Conquerors

“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.” – Romans 8:37

I recently heard Pastor Gregory Dickow talk about this verse.  I had to share this with you.  What does it mean to be more than a conqueror?  A conqueror is one who fights and overcomes an enemy.  To be more than a conqueror, one gets to enjoy the spoils of the victory the Conqueror won.  In other words, we get to rest in the victory Jesus has prepared for us!

If you don’t believe this, back up to verses 34 and 35.  “Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh 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?” Jesus died and rose again.  He is at God’s right hand intervening on our behalf.  Nothing can separate us from His love for us.

He has won the victory.  He conquered Death, Hell, and the Grave.  In the moment He seemed weakest, He triumphed above all of the weapons the enemy had.  Once He had the victory, He turned right around and offered the spoils of this victory to you and me!  Why?  Because of His great love toward us!

We are victorious in all things.  Sometimes it doesn’t seem that way.  Sometimes, we look defeated.  However, these times are just a section of our lives.  My Pastor says this hard time is a sentence in a paragraph on a page in a chapter in a section in the book of our lives.  Keep reading!

If you are going through something, rest in the fact that you are more than a conqueror in Christ.  Rest in His finished work.  He conquered everything and has invited you and me to enjoy the spoils of victory.  Join him and rest.