How to be more than conquerors

Rom 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

The love of God revealed through the person, mission and message of Christ abides in us so deeply and so enduringly that even tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, shame, danger or violence or disasters cannot shake our belief and our sense of assurance. As believers we are ready to face these tests of our faith rather than give it up in the face of such difficult predicaments. Instead, we rejoice in such suffering as a great reward awaits us in heaven and to partake in the very sufferings of Christ is itself a privilege.

Conquerors never knew the final outcome of their campaigns and conquests. They despaired on loosing a battle. They feared defeat and death at the hands of the enemy. We are more than conquerors for we are overcomers. We will run the full course that God has set for us and finish the race with joy. In order to become overcomers, we need to understand or come to grips by the power and grace of the Holy Spirit with the full extent and magnitude of the love of God in Christ.
We need to know how long is God’s love –meaning to what extent God’s love will remain with us in the course of our lives. For we know that God’s love is a line that extends for all of eternity. It began long before we began and extends to eternity long after we end our race on earth. We need to comprehend how broad it is –implying what are the areas and domains of our lives that God’s love covers. It covers all of our physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, familial, relational and financial aspects of our existence. It goes beyond whatever we are in need of. We need to realize how high is God’s love- it is higher than our most exalted thoughts and imagination.
Prateep V Philip