More Than Conquerors
Memory Verse Stories and Songs: Romans 8:35-37
There are some verses that just become a part of your life. I’ll share some of my favorites here this week, along with short stories of how they touched my heart.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (Romans 8:35-37)
God’s people have always endured persecution — all the way to being killed, just like Jesus, the lamb who was slain. Trials and tribulations are nothing new. God does not promise a life free from pain. Death will still come.
But Paul says that we are more than conquerors. We are somehow superconquerors, hyperconquerors – through Jesus. There’s a paradox here. We’re talking about both suffering and victory. Experiencing trials yet enduring in triumph. Battling yet blessed. Being killed yet champions. Dying yet gaining.
The key is to remember Romans 8:28: “All things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
For Christians, our trials take us closer to Christ and give glory to God. All of our suffering actually serves to sanctify us and to glorify God. For Christians, God turns everything in life and death into good.
I wrote a song for my church called God is the Strength of My Heart and My Portion Forever during COVID-19. I included this melodic line, which was actually taken from a personal song I wrote long ago, and was pleasantly surprised by the way it fit.
We are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
(The majority of this devotion was taken from my sermon More Than Conquerors: Three Victories Through Our Savior’s Love)
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