Conquerors’ faith!
Verse for Today: September 10, 2013
Romans 8:37 – No, in all these
things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
God’s children face
formidable enemies and hindrances in their Christian life. These roadblocks
come ultimately from the enemy of our souls. He uses temptations to make us
fall away. He also uses discouragements and hardships to stagger our life of
faith. When troubles of various kinds, persecution, famine, danger or even
martyrdom bang at our lives, we get perplexed. The heat of such hindrances often
tempts us to choose the path of least resistance. A person with deep love and
gratitude to God will sharpen his commitment to overcome such hindrances. When
we ask the Lord, He will give us the strength to resist the hindrances and become
victorious. Our Lord has given us His whole armor to fight the enemy and his
wiles. Our life of prayer helps us to depend on His energy to fight and
overcome. As we love our Lord better every day, our love and devotion to Him
will compel us to fight the hindrances to keep going. Thus when we engage in
spiritual warfare, we are made to conquer the hindrances by the Lord through
His power that is poured into our hearts. We must, on the one hand, have
commitment, loyalty and love for the Lord. Greater our commitment and loyalty to
our Lord, greater will be our willingness to fight to overcome the hindrances.
When our love and gratitude to the Lord are at its peak, we will be willing to
go to any height to resist the hindrances and temptations which try to pull us
back from our pathway of faith. Our ardent love and devotion to our Lord will always
be challenged by the enemy, but we are already made more than conquerors to
enjoy victory by faith.
Dear reader, are you
facing temptation and resistance in your devotion and loyalty to the Lord who
suffered the utmost to save you from the clutches of sin and Satan? These
enemies of your faith come in different degrees when you are most vulnerable through
subtle life experiences. You might face tests from the Lord who examines your
life of faith to see if you are ultimately committed to Him as in the case of
Abraham. You might be tempted like Joseph or Daniel to fall in line with the
world and flesh. You might face the temptation to become rich like Demas, Gehazi
or Balaam. You might face stiff persecution as in the case of Apostles Paul,
Peter and James. It is at these junctures of life that you must resist the
hindrances to fall away. You must show your ardent love for the Lord by your
willingness to sacrifice anything for Him. No matter how tough the persecution,
your love for the Lord will help you to overcome it through renewed devotion
and commitment. You will have to make tough choices to follow Jesus no matter
what the loss might be. When Jesus gave up all of heaven to save you, it is
only natural for Him to expect you to be willing to give up anything that this
world offers. Our victory against hindrances will come from the Lord who gives
us His power and strength along with His whole armor. We must learn to use the
spiritual weaponry and fight every temptation and attraction which tempts us to
quit. We are already made conquerors
over all the hindrances, but it is our prerogative and privilege to appropriate
this victory by faith. We are declared victorious, but we must live as victors
by faith every step of the way as we are compelled by our Love for Him.
Romans 8:31 – What,
then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Thought for Today
Our tenacity to resist anything that the world confronts us with depends on the depth of our love for the Lord.
Prayer for Today
Dear Lord
Jesus: Give me your strength to overcome all hindrances and temptations that
stand on my way to live as a conqueror today. Amen!
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