Coming out on Top

Romans 8:37 "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loves us".

Is such an encouragement unto us as believers.  It is a reminder that no matter what, we come out on top.  There is something that God has revealed to me in looking at and meditating on this passage of scripture, and it is this, that our conquering is a direct result of our ability to be prepared for those things which try to separate us. 

As believers we must realize that we come under attack every day in some way.  Some of us try to run and hide, and hope that by quoting scripture we will be victorious, or conquer what is attacking us.  The power of the Word is not just in speaking it, but in applying what is spoken to the life that is actually speaking it (in other words do what you say, and say what you do).  Think of how many times we quote this scripture, but at times have still been defeated even though we have claimed to be more then conquerors.  This is a result of us not being properly prepared for the battles that we face and our unbelief in God's promises.  When we aren't prepared, we are the conquered and not the conqueror. If we are going to be more then Conquerors there are some things we must do.

The first is we must be in Him, in other words our relationship and power must come through the LORD and His Spirit, and not ourselves.  We also must allow the LORD to equip us through the teaching of His Word (which is really following the example of Jesus).  The LORD has not promised to hide us from stuff, but He has promised to protect us from the attacks of the enemy (the Devil).  How the LORD protects us, is by equipping us for the battles that we will face before we even see the battle coming.  We become more then Conquerors when we allow the LORD to train us in the times of peace (when your day starts, during your quiet times of worship, study, meditation, and prayer), but too many times we look to be equipped when the war is already raging and then wonder why we are being defeated, it is because we aren't allowing ourselves to be prepared at the proper time. 

The closer we draw to God the more attentive we are to His Spirit, and His Word.  The more attentive we are the more prepared we are to operate and walk in faith.  When we walk in faith, and are fully armored as the Word declares in Ephesians 6, we are able to then be the Conqueror that has been promised unto us.  When you are more than a Conqueror, it means that you are over or on top of the thing that tried to defeat you, like a young David standing on top of a defeated headless Goliath, he put the attack under his feet which means it was fully subdued unto his authority.  When we walk in the power of God through allowing Him to prepare, and train us we can then begin to be above those issues that attack us, we subdue it to the point that it becomes a stepping stone to our next blessing and breakthrough.  So on today seek to be a conqueror and allow the LORD to train you so that you can subdue your enemies and be a step closer to your blessing and breakthrough.