We Are More Than Conquerors!
"Yet in all these things we are
more than conquerors through
Him who loved us."
Romans 8: 37
El Capitan is the famous rock that rises three
thousand feet from the floor of Yosemite National
Park in California. From the ground, the
granite
face of the formation looks smooth and nearly
vertical.
But it's the bumps, cracks, and small ledges that
provide handholds and footholds for climbers as
they ascend to the top. It is the bumps
on the
surface that make conquering El Capitan
possible.
When Paul says Christians
are
“more than conquerors,” he uses a form of the
Greek word nike—the word we associate with
a brand of sportswear. Greek nike gave rise to
nikao which meant “to conquer or prevail.”
The prefix huper (“more than”) produced
hupernikao, the word Paul used in Romans 8:37,
“more than conquerors.” We don’t just overcome
or prevail in life through Christ, we “hyper-prevail.”
Bumps don’t defeat us;
they provide a path to
victory.
Life can look like El Capitan at times.
Rather than being defeated by bumps
and cracks, we use them as footholds
and handholds from the Lord to
conquer in Christ.
"Mountains can only be
climbed with the knees
bent."
Unknown