Meditate
On
More Than A Conqueror
Herein
is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be
the propitiation for our sins.
1 John
4:10, KJV
My dear
friend, do you have a revelation of God’s personal love for you today? His love
has to be experienced in your heart. Head knowledge—just knowing intellectually
that God loves you because He loves everyone—isn’t going to cut it. It is when
you really encounter the person of Jesus and His grace, and really know in your
heart that He loves you, that positive and profound changes begin to happen in
your life.
Is
there a scriptural basis for saying this? Yes, there is. The Bible tells us
clearly, “Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of
Jesus our Lord” (2 Pet. 1:2). The word for “knowledge” here is the Greek epignosis,
which refers to a heart experience of what and Who God is, rather than mere
intellectual knowledge of facts about Him. It is a knowledge that is gained
through an intimate and personal relationship with God. In other words, when
you hear and hear until you know in your heart that the Lord loves you and is
for you, you will experience His unmerited favor and supernatural peace in the
area of your challenges. That is when you will find His strength, wisdom, and
supply multiplied tangibly in your life.
Do you
remember Gideon, who saw himself as least in his family and who was threshing
wheat in a winepress for fear of being seen by the Midianites? We read his
story in the book of Judges and see how he overcame his insecurities and fears
and singlehandedly saved Israel from the Midianites, because he first heard
gracious, encouraging words from the Angel of the Lord: “The Lord is with you,
you mighty man of valor! . . . Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat
the Midianites as one man” (Judg. 6:12, 16). When he began to see how the Lord
saw him, and believed that the Lord was with him and for him, he fulfilled his
destiny!
If,
like Gideon, you feel small and powerless in the face of your challenges, I
encourage you to keep hearing how, because of Jesus’ sacrifice and finished
work, nothing can separate you from God’s love. I want you to know right now
that He has already made you more than a conqueror in Christ (see Rom.
8:37–39). When you know who you are in Christ and believe in God’s love for you,
you will become strong and you will see God do great things in and through you.
When you know that God is with you and for you, who or what can stand against
you (see Rom. 8:31)? You will surely win the fights of life and live the
amazing destiny God has prepared for you!
