Divide and Conquer

Romans 8:37 – “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”
     The focus of today's scripture is about our role as conquerors. We are all too often guilty of giving into what seems like hopeless situations because they seem so insurmountable. It is during these times that God wants us to ‘divide and conquer”. Divide the truth from the facts and realize that everything is not always as it seems.
     The facts state that the Hebrew boys were thrown into a fire that was stoked so high the soldiers commanded to put them in were consumed by the flames. The truth is that they walked around in the furnace unhurt and when they exited they did not even smell like smoke. 
   The facts state that the walls of Jericho were impenetrable; the truth is that with simple words the stones crumbled to the ground. 
   The facts state that the military-trained soldier Goliath was almost 9 feet tall; the truth is that the shepherd boy David slew him with a simple slingshot and a smooth stone.
     We should look at our lives as a series of opportunities to be conquerors. Troublesome events are nothing more than options for flexing our spiritual muscles and taking control of the situations. Jesus has already paid the price; we just need to go in and seal the deal. Don’t give into your fears or back down from what appears to be a stronghold… muster up your courage to give it the ‘1-2’ punch! We are conquerors.
     Every day is a good day; it is up to us to make it a victoriously GREAT day! Be blessed! Dr. JoAnn