We are MORE than Conquerors!

 This meditation really blessed me this morning!!  The past week has been harder than usual as I had a HUGE MS flareup a week ago today.  I had to lay in bed a lot this week but I'm able to get some things done now as I hobble on crutches.  

  What do we do when life kicks us so hard we are bedridden?  PRAY FOR OTHERS.  I told satan that "Being you put me in bed all day, I have more time to pray for those who are hurting!"  To me, that's what being "More than conquerors" looks like.

  There is no shortage of needs to pray about in this world.  How awful for Venezuela to have had 2 huge earthquakes.  My heart goes out to them.  It's hard to imagine those who lost loved ones and/or are homeless to feel like conquerors.

  As I pondered this, I wondered how they can conquer in the midst of such a massive tragedy.  Then I thought of all the tragedies the Lord has brought me through.  All of the years of incest.  All of the miscarriages.  All the droughts.  All of the cancer episodes and now finally MS.  

  I used to make that list as a way to feel sorry for myself.   Now I see that it is a way of honoring our Heavenly Father who brought me through THEM ALL.  HE has made me a conqueror in spite of all the enemies attempts to take my life!!  PRAISES to HIM!!

  It would be a good habit for all of us to form to see the Lord's powerful hand that sustains us.  What has He helped you to conquer?  Maybe we need to make a list of ways that, even though all of hell was attempting to take us out, HE prevented that old creep from shortening our lives prematurely. That would help us to see ourselves as VICTORIOUS Christians, wouldn't it?

  So I bless you all as you learn to see yourselves as conquerors over the enemy forces waging war against us.  Sure, they don't fight fair, but we conquer over their evil plans by staying close to our Creator.  May this devotional help you to see your power, when you're submitted to God, to conquer pain and suffering through it all.

  May God bless you today with a greater idea of how you can rule and reign with Christ!

  Dawn

 

Encounter God’s Heart…

Victorious

Nothing can stop you if you just believe. In every season of the soul, victory runs deeper than what you see. Difficulties only serve to strengthen you. Mountains that once separated you from the Lord are now easy to climb. God has become the strength of your life. The same mountain of spices that once caused you to cower in fear now excites your sense of adventure. Trials that tried to destroy you have become foundations for you to dance upon. They now serve as memorials for some of God’s greatest manifestations of love in your life. You can look at the past and laugh because you are more than a conqueror! Jesus has proven his love for you. Now go! Enjoy life as his conquering bride. You are victorious! Jesus, you empower me to do things I never thought I could. I’m not afraid of the mountains anymore because you’ve proved your faithfulness so many times. I look forward to each day and every season of my soul because you are with me. In you, I am victorious!

From The Divine Romance written by Brian Simmons and Gretchen Rodriguez

Song of Songs 8:14 TPT

We will dance in the high place of the sky, yes, on the mountains of fragrant spice. Forever we shall be united as one!