WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS

 EVENING DEVOTION

OCTOBER 2

 

Romans 8:37

…we are more than conquerors…

 
This is marvellous.
 
For the believer has to conflict with all that is depraved in his nature; 

  with all that is opposed to God in the world; 

  with all that is unholy in his family; 

  with many painful and trying dispensations of providence; 

  with Satan his grand adversary; and also 

    with sickness and death.
 
But he overcomes.
 
He triumphs.
 
But it is through him that loves him: that is, through Jesus.
 
The love of Jesus is his solace, his delight, and his encouragement.
 
The loving Jesus supplies him with grace, strength, and wisdom: and 

  by these he overcomes.
 
He conquerors by faith in Christ.
 
He overcomes all by patience, fortitude, and confidence in his Saviour.
 
He overcomes all and appears on the field uninjured.
 
He overcomes and is benefitted by the contest.
 
He obtains a great, a signal, a complete victory; and 

  will a length appear possessed of the spoils and 

    crowned as the conqueror.
 
No one can overcome but by Jesus.
 
But if united to him,

  if living by faith upon him,

  if copying his example, 

   we shall not only overcome,

      but be more than conquerors.
 
Believer, expect opposition.
 
Christian, see your dependence, it is on the wisdom, power, care, 

  and interference of Jesus.
 

Conform’d to our Head in outward distress,

In sorrow and need, in pain and disgrace,

All happy and glorious we inwardly prove,

And more than victorious through Jesus’s love.

 
James Smith