More Than Conquerors

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It may be cliche, but we have often heard of this phrase, “Christian life is not a bed of roses.” For a good reason! That’s because it’s the opposite that is true – instead expect persecution and trials and tribulations. Not to the extent of Paul’s sufferings for the sake of the Gospel, but nevertheless, it’s not and will not be a fairytale life.

Life itself has its ups and downs, and that impacts everyone regardless of our faith. As a Christian, things are somewhat amplified. We chose the path least travelled, the narrow gate, and although it leads to eternal life, there are obviously more challenges ahead. Not that God purposely imposes more bumps and tests, but just the nature of being true to Him will make things more difficult for us.

Paul wrote in Romans 8:37 that in all these things, we are more than conquerors, through Him who loved us and then went on to postulate that nothing can separate us from the love of God. Thus, nothing can prevent us from being more than conquerors. As much as life may throw curve balls at us and bring us headwinds, we will prevail because Christ loves us. As we look to Him, He will give us strength to continue. If we are discouraged, He will encourage and edify us. Our inner man will also be strengthened by the trials that we go through.

The picture that comes to mind this Sunday morning is that we will not be a servant who is all battered and bruised with tattered clothes and shoeless when we reach the finish line. We will not reach the finish line half dead as though we just barely made it by the skin of our teeth. Instead, we will reach the finish line triumphantly with our heads up high, with the sword of the Spirit held up strong in our arms and clothed with the full armour of God, having honoured God in all that we do and having achieved God’s plans and purposes for our lives. It is our race to complete, and we have reached our finish line with the angelic and heavenly beings cheering us on. We would have fought the good fight and kept the faith, and the crown of righteousness awaits us. Nothing will separate us from the love of God, and thus, we will always be more than conquerors, a believer that will be worthy of our crown of righteousness from the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords! Have a blessed Sunday, everyone!