We Are More Than Conquerors

IF GOD BE FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about success in life and how I personally match up to the word of God which describes the believer as overcomers, victors and more than conquerors.  Second Corinthians 2:14 states that God always leads the believer to triumph in Christ. I quote that Scripture a lot, but honestly I am not seeing an overwhelming flux of triumphant victories trailing behind me.  It is true that I have seen God perform awesome miracles and there are some awesome testimonies of God's deliverance in my life.  But Romans 8:37 says that in all these things we are more than conquerors through Christ who loved us.

There is a song by Hezekiah Walker that says, "I am not just a conqueror. Don't call me a conqueror because I'm more than a conqueror."  That means, I'm not barely winning, I should be winning by a landslide.  That means, I'm not winning by a field goal, I should be winning by three touchdowns.

The apostle Paul said, in all "these things" we are more than conquerors.  What things? He lists them a couple verses above... tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril or sword.

There is no reason to not be more than conquerors, if we are solidly rooted and grounded in the love of God and walking in the authority of Christ Jesus.  Only those that are not born again believers are without hope.

I heard another song on the radio by Kirk Franklin that said, "You're waiting on God?  He's waiting on you! So what ya gonna do?"  At first, I wanted to be offended by those lyrics, because I am holding tight to a bunch of prayers and prophecies that God needs to manifest at some point.  And He's waiting on me?  Really?

Hebrews 6:1 in the New Living Translation says, "So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again.  LET US go on instead and become mature in our understanding."  Zion, we not waiting on God, He is waiting on us.  He is waiting on us to realize that He has given us authority and power in Christ's name to overcome all of "these things" that I named above.

Who can snatch the plunder of war

from the hands of a warrior?

    Who can demand that a tyrant

let his captives go? Isa. 49:24 (NLT)

For who is powerful enough

to enter the house of a strong man

and plunder his goods?

Only someone even stronger—

someone who could tie him up

and then plunder his house. Matt. 12:29 (NLT)

About seven years ago, the Lord showed me a vision of Christ Jesus and me in a tug of war against six billion people.  They had their heels dug in the ground and was pulling with all their might.  On our side, Jesus was standing right behind me and we were just pulling the rope一we were winning and not even breaking a sweat.  We didn't even have a frown on our faces.  I heard Maya Angelou say that when she got a revelation that God really did love her she began to cry at the gravity and grandeur of it all.  She said, "I knew that if God loved me, then I could do wonderful things, I could try great things, learn anything and achieve anything.  For what could stand against me, since one person, with God, constitutes the majority."  That's why the six billion could not win against me and Jesus. Together, we constitute the majority.

What then shall we say to these things?

If God is for us, who can be against us?

Rom. 8:31 (NKJV)

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.

A few years ago, my sister and I made a pact that we would never settle.  We would push through for what is best and not settle for that's good enough.  Unfortunately, I have not stuck to the pact, and I allowed mediocrity to set in, knowing that I could do better than I've been doing... set my sights higher... achieve more.  I allowed the enemy to deceive me into believing that I wasn't smart enough, or bold enough, or outgoing enough, or aggressive enough to handle the big stuff.  So I set up camp half way up the mountain and stayed there. I was so discontent there that it threw me into depression, and I did not think that I would  recover.  That is a dangerous place to remain for too long.


When a tornado warning is given, we take cover in a safe place or a storm shelter, but we are not supposed to live all our lives in the storm shelter.  We need to stop cowering under our circumstances and put on the warrior mentality.  I was applying for jobs way beneath my skill level... begging and pleading with the Lord to let me get that job.  Zion, the Lord has equipped us to defeat the enemy, not to survive under attack but to remain on the attack.

Behold, I give you the authority

to trample on serpents and scorpions,

and over all the power of the enemy,

and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Luke 10:19 (NKJV)

And these signs will follow those who believe:

in My name they will cast out demons;

they will speak with new tongues;

they will take up serpents;

and if they drink anything deadly,

it will by no means hurt them;

they will lay hands on the sick,

and they will recover. Mark 16:17-18 (NKJV)

A story is told about a group of eaglets hatched in captivity and spent their whole lives like ordinary birds, on the low lands, eating what they were fed and not being bothered about it, because they didn't know any different.  They didn't know they could soar at heights no other birds could reach.  They didn't know about the strength of their claws that could clutch other animals rendering them defenseless.  Living in captivity, they didn't know that their eyesight was so keen they could spot a rabbit moving almost a mile away.

Zion, God has put soaring in our hearts, but we continue to fly at low altitudes.  I think this is why the Lord had me dwelling so much on success.  I have been living far beneath my privilege, and the Lord is saying "why won't My people raise the standard"?

LET US rise up as people of Almighty God.  Put on your strength. Stand up and fight.  Let the kingdom prevail.  With His power and might, we will not fail. (Tye Tribbett)

LET US take up our swords and fight. Defeat the enemy with the word of God.

LET US become rooted and grounded in the love of Christ and know that absolutely nothing can separate us from it.

LET US not settle in mediocrity because God wants to take us higher and higher.

LET US stop being weaklings and declare that we are strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

LET US walk in the authority Christ gave us through His name.

LET US believe in the power of the Holy Spirit who is at work in us and is able to carry out the will of God for our lives.

LET US suit up and go.

Behold, I send you out as sheep

in the midst of wolves.

Therefore be wise as serpents

and harmless as doves. Matt. 10:16 (NKJV)

We are more than conquerors.

Go in peace... fellow warriors.