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“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us” (Romans 8:37).
How is it possible to be more than a conqueror? After all, if we win out in a certain situation, then we may speak of ourselves as having conquered it. So how can we be more than conquerors? Let me use an illustration.
Suppose a ship back in the days of sailing vessels. Sometimes a storm would come up, and the wind would be so strong that they would have to take in the sails, and just let the wind drive the ship wherever it would. Then, after the storm was over, they would assess the damage, take a reading to decide where they were, and try to get back on course. They would say that they had survived, or conquered, the storm.
But suppose that after the storm, they found almost no damage to the ship, and then found that the storm had actually driven them right on course, and faster than if they had been able to sail in good weather. That would make them “more than conquerors.”
That is the way it is with storms in our lives. They are not our enemies, but rather only drive us nearer to our destination, and all through the power of the Lord Jesus, who loves us.
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