TODAY’S
WORD FOR THURSDAY JULY 4, 2013.
CONQUERORS
DEFINITION:
One
who subdues by force, one who overcomes or gains victory or wins by effort.
SCRIPTURE:
Yet
in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
Romans 8:37
KNOWLEDGE
AND EXPERIENCE:
Here
in America we celebrate today the founding of our country in 1776. This day
culminated the conquering of the British and those that limited the desired
freedoms that our forefathers desired.
Most
people today are conquerors by nature just like our forefathers were some 237
years ago. We like to be victorious in what we do. We all like to conquer a
test we have to take in school. We like to conquer a job at work. We like to
look back in our lives and evaluate circumstances and accomplishments. We
conquered some and we failed at others.
The
story of David and Goliath is one of our favorite Bible stories. Our children
loved to have us read this to them from the scripture. David proved that he
could conquer anything or anybody with God at his side. In the verse we have put above the writer
reminds us that being a conqueror for Jesus is life's greatest accomplishment
for all of us.
David
loved God and trusted Him to be his shield and defender. When David went out to
face the Philistine giant, he went out as a conqueror because he knew the
battle was the Lord's and the Lord would deliver him. When Goliath taunted
David because his only weapon was a slingshot, David's response was, "You
come against me with a sword and spear and javelin, but I come in the name of
the Lord Almighty."
Not
only did David not have a sword or a spear, he had no shield. I Samuel 17:50
tells us, "So David triumphed (conquered) over the Philistine with a sling
and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and
killed him."
David
fought many battles and understood that God was the one that enabled him to be
a conqueror. He gave God the credit and in his Psalm 144:2 he praised God for
being his "shield and defender." David praised God with these words
"He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my
shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me." He knew that
God was with him. This is the key that God has given us so that we can be
conquerors in all situations in our lives. We must recognize that "the
battle is the Lord's" and in Him we can have the victory.
One
of the world's most unusual landmarks is a single granite plaque on a pole on
the western boundary of Russia near the city of Wilna. There are two
inscriptions on this plaque. The western side reads: Napoleon Bonaparte passed
this location in 1812 with 410,000 men on his way to conquer Russia. On the
eastern side it reads: Napoleon Bonaparte passed this location in 1812 with
9,000 men as he returned home. Napoleon, who had the goal of conquering the
world, had met his match in this Russian campaign.
We
are reminded constantly in the scriptures that with God we can conquer anybody
or anything. The scripture tells us that Satan will meet his match when
confronted with the judgment of God and he will have no survivors. Yes, our God
will be the ultimate conqueror of evil.
No
matter what the circumstances of life may be to you, if you believe in Jesus
then you are more than a conqueror. The scriptures tell us that no matter the
circumstances or their severity, Christ will carry us through each situation
giving us strength and encouragement. We cannot lose when we let the battle be
the Lord's. Christ loves us and wants us to be conquerors through Him. Look
what the scriptures say that Christ can do for you:
• He will give you rest.(Matthew 11:28)
• He will give you peace. (John 14:27)
• He provides for you an escape from
temptation. (I Corinthians 10:13)
• He will comfort you through all trials that
you may face.(II Corinthians 1:3-4)
• He will supply all your needs. (Philippians
4:19)
• He will deliver you through all
persecution.(II Corinthians4:8)
• He will enable you to overcome the world.
(I John 5:4)
• He will deliver you from fear. (Isaiah
41:10)
• He will give you eternal life. (John
10:28-29)
• He will keep you from evil. (II
Thessalonians 3:3)
In
everyday life are you a conqueror? Do you as a believer, let Satan and the
world take away your Christian birthright? Realize anew today that you are a
child of the King, the ultimate conqueror. Go out and act like it today in all
that you do and say.
LEARNING:
Our
memory verse today is found in I John 5:13
These
things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that
you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe
in the name of the Son of God.
PRAYER:
I
thank You Lord that believers are the ultimate winners in the great spiritual
battle that I fight day in and day out. Thank You that it is because of Your
power within me that I have because of the marvelous gift that You gave in
providing Your Son to pay the penalty of death for my sins. I praise You for
the assurance that I can conquer every situation I face because You are with
me.
