Overcome!

Recently in my study time God has really been speaking to me about being an overcomer. I want to be one of those people who doesn't let anything stand in my way! Pushing through any trial with full confidence in God. He is always faithful. Not only does overcoming make life more fulfilling but God has so many great promises for overcomers.

Revelation 2:17 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it." (I wonder what my new name would be?)

Revelation 3:11-12 "I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name."

Revelation 3:21 "To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne."

Another one of my favorite verses is Romans 8:35-39

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:
"For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."  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."

Lifes troubles don't separate us from Christ (although some may choose to separate themselves) trials can make you closer to God. Don't let yourself be shaken. In my all of my life experiences God has been so faithful, and sometimes when outside circumstances don't look like God is there, the peace inside of me is more than I can describe. I don't want to be a victim of life... I want to be more than a conqueror!