More than Conquerors

I suppose I should actually explain what the title of this blog is all about. For that, we turn to the book of Romans.

Romans 8:28-39, NIV

      And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
     What then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all - how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died - more than that, who was raised to life - is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 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.

Though it's lengthy, this is a very powerful passage to me. Nothing can separate us from God. The torn veil at Christ's crucifixion eliminated the barrier between Heaven and earth, between God and man, making the personal relationship with God possible. And that personal relationship is nearly impossible to break.

Then again, though the relationship can be broken (I know of a man who used to be a minister, and is now a self-proclaimed "Pagan" who practices witchcraft), God's love for us is never broken, which is so reassuring. I know I mess up. I know I am a sinner. I know I wander - sometimes frequently. But he still loves me and is ready and willing to forgive me the second I run back into his open arms. Nothing can separate me from his love.

We are more than conquerors through him who loved us.