OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-SATURDAY-07/05/2016-MORE THAN CONQUERORS-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
MORE THAN CONQUERORS
Memorise
For
ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became
poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 2nd Corinthians 8:9
Read
Isaiah 53:1-5,
1Who hath believed our report?
And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
2 For
he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry
ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no
beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is
despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and
we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our grief, and carried
our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But
he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
KJV
MESSAGE
Sometime ago, someone gave an illustration
to explain the term “more than conquerors”. He said it could mean that you are
greater than the conqueror. He cited the case of a boxer who goes into the
ring, fights and defeats his opponents, receives the prize and returns home ton
handover the prize to his wife.
According to this fellow, the wife is the
one who is more than a conqueror. Her husband is a conqueror because he endured
some beating and bruises, but the wife did not suffer anything yet the prize
was given to her on a platter of gold. In the same way, Jesus Christ our
Bridegroom engaged the devil in a big fight. He was beaten, wounded, spat upon,
defamed, disgraced, crucified and murdered. He won the battle through the power
of resurrection and thereafter handed over the prize to us. Isaiah 53:4-5 says:
“Surely he hath borne our grief, and carried our
sorrows: Yet we did esteem him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. But he
was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities: The
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”
Being more than conquerors could also
connote someone that has scored multiple victories from several battles or
wars. There are several enemies that accost us in the battles of life. One of
such enemies is the generational curse, this is a curse pronounced on someone’s
family even before his birth and it keeps affecting descendants of that family.
For instance, in Genesis 49:1-4, Jacob pronounced a curse on Reuben saying he
will never excel, and this affected his lineage for several years after. Some
people are still suffering from a similar curse. In spite of all their talents,
natural endowments and qualifications, they never get to the top. It is not
because they are not making enough effort; in real terms, they are making more
than enough effort, yet certain forces, in response to earlier curses,
frustrate them or make it impossible for them to move to higher levels.
Generational curses must not be allowed in your life. In the Name that is above
every other name, any generational curse operating in your life shall come to
nothing. The family of Eli that should have produced priest forever became
beggars through a divine curse (1st Samuel 2:30-34). Gehazi,
together with his generation, was also cursed with leprosy (2nd
Kings 5:20-27). Are you seeing signs of generational curses in your life? Ask
God to destroy them today. Also find out if there is anything you are doing to
make such a curse effective in your life.
“As it is written, for
thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the
slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him
that loved us.
“More than
conquerors” is a status bestowed on humanity through the love of God the
Father, the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus the Son, and the magnificent work of
the Holy Spirit. It is assessable to all human beings who will freely accept
Jesus as their Lord and personal Saviour.
Prayer Point
Father, make me victorious
over every negative circumstance of life in the Name of Jesus.
Bible in one year
2nd Kings
3:1-4:37, Proverbs 21:1-15
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