More Than

No, in all these things we are more than victorious through Him who loved us.
Romans 8:37 HCSB

What are 'all these things'. Verse 35 tells us:

Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or anguish or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Things will happen to us. We may be persecuted for our faith, cut off from family, treated as dung. Yet, in all these things we are more than conquerors. Amen!

How are we more than conquerors under persecution? We are more than conquerors through Christ, who Himself was persecuted. He loves us but calls us to take up our cross and follow Him. For each of us, our cross is different. It may be actual persecution from evil religious leaders as in the case of Asia Bibi, it could be being cast out from family as seen in Nepal, it could mean losing a business as happened to a couple in Australia, it could be any number of things. Our cross is ours to bear and we can trust Him to care for us.

Christ is our only hope. He is the answer for our souls. No one else can heal and restore us. We must trust Him. Amen!