More than conquerors

Last night I was blessed with the opportunity to speak at the River Falls High School Baccalaureate service. The Baccalaureate service is hosted by Souled Out Youth Ministries in River Falls. It's a community of youth groups from area churches. There was somewhere in the ballpark of 200 people in attendance and I was charged to speak on Romans 8:37 and being "more than conquerors."

I spent a few weeks researching the passage and understanding the text surrounding it. I didn't really have a grip on what the Apostle Paul was talking about when he said we are "more than conquerors through him who loved us." Studying this chapter and particular passage was very enlightening and gave me a fresh perspective of the Gospel. A lot of individuals offered positive feedback to what I shared last night, but I think I benefited from the experience more than anyone else.

I shared a few important and relevant insights into what it means to be more than a conqueror, however, the most significant point I had to offer is that conquerors are victorious over their struggles while more than conquerors are victorious in their struggles. We're fighting a battle that is not temporal, but eternal. The war is already won and we're not fighting for victory; we're fighting from victory. This idea has given me an abundance of peace in my life today. We all face difficult situations and God's word promises us that if we're in Christ we don't have to wait until we've overcome our situation and circumstance, we are victorious IN those situations. "in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." (Romans 8:37)

I will post the video on Facebook shortly.