Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 653
October 17, 2023///
ROMANS 8: 37-38
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 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.
Conqueror! When I think of a conqueror, I think of one who has defeated an enemy or situation or habit or something else that has come against them such as fear, anxiety, worry or even a physical battle.
Some synonyms are:
The scripture that I started with tells us that through Jesus Christ we are not just conquerors, but more than conquerors.
Maybe to understand MORE is to look at a football game where the score is 56 to 7. The winning team just did not conqueror the other team but did more than that. They ran over them or mastered them. They did more than win the game!
From this scripture we can see when we allow Jesus to control our lives and follow the leadings deep in our innermost being, we can do more than win a battle, we can conqueror the enemy of all that is good and live a life that shows others the power that is in us through Jesus Christ our Lord.
In the first verse listed “Him that loved us” is Jesus Christ our Lord, who gave His life so we can be reconciled to God the Father.
When we receive what He did for us, we can walk victorious everyday as we relinquish all we are to the one who can do all things and Loves us and will fight our battles as we give them to Him!
Look at the second and third verse listed. Wow! Do you see that when we know who we serve, nothing can come between us and the one that enables us to conqueror the problems in our lives.
Sometimes we approach a day just wanting to survive. But may I tell you that when we realize we are not just conquerors, but more than conquerors, we can face each day with confidence that nothing can separate us from the one who has the power over all situations and circumstances.
We do not survive each day, we thrive, and we defeat the fear that tries to render us powerless, or the worry that consumes us, or the habit that keeps tempting us, or the body that keeps limiting us.
We defeat the thoughts that take us to low lows and the wrong desires that won’t go away.
Oh, what joy is ours as we realize: Yes, I can! Yes, I will! I will walk this day in power, victory and the Joy of the Lord that is our strength!
I have a scripture in a frame on my desk at home that says:
WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US.
I look at it each morning and remind myself that on this day I am more than a conqueror, whatever happens.
What an awesome feeling to know that I am loved by the Creator God, who spoke, and the world came into existence and who knew me before I was born and with who nothing is impossible.
What security that brings as I navigate an insecure world!
I invite you to join me as we go forth as more than conquerors!
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Father, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I come with a grateful heart. Thank you that as we trust you, we can conqueror all that we face each day. And not just conqueror it but come out the better as more than a conqueror! I lift to you each person who reads this and ask you to plant this truth deep within each of our spirits or the real us! We serve a God who can and will and who is able to lead us and guide us into all truth and victory! Amen!
Love, MeMaw
THOUGHTS FROM SKYDIVING MEMAW 