Monday, March 23, 2015

January 25, 2015-Do You Feel Unconquerable?

Do you feel unconquerable today?

Right now the members of the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots are both preparing themselves to be just that next week. In athletics the goal is to be unconquerable, and apparently for New England even if that means bending the rules!

But I doubt that many of us often feel unconquerable, today or any day.

I have discovered many conquerable aspects to my life, especially the past few weeks, and as I grow older the list grows.

Derrick Coleman of the Seahawks has had to be more unconquerable than most of his peers since he has had to also overcome deafness since the age of three. He is the first deaf offensive player in the NFL at a specialty position. Coleman is a Christian and has spoken about his faith, saying, "I always say that God blessed me this morning and I can do what I do." But even Mr. Coleman has been conquered this year and was placed on the injured reserved list in October. So unfortunately he won't get to play in the big game this year.

We all have little things that enter our minds and our lives that usually make us feel exactly the opposite. But, Is this how we should feel?

Does God want us to feel unconquerable?

I believe He does. He wants us to accept Jesus as our savior and through him conquer even death.

By ourselves we are usually defeated and any victories we may have come to an end, at death if not before.

Scriptures remind us of the power that God gives us, from the conquering of enemies in the Old Testament to what Jesus said in Matthew 19:26 "With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

And as Paul wrote:
From Romans 8:31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

And from Romans 8:37-39 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

So, do you feel unconquerable today? I say you are if you have accepted Jesus into your life!

Let us remember the power given to us by Jesus when he went to the cross for our sins when we partake of this loaf. Jesus told his disciples in the upper room on the night before his death of the events that would soon unfold. And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying "This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me."

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