They’re With Me!
"Yet in all these things we are more than
conquerors through Him who loved us."
Romans 8: 37
This happens more in the movies than in our own lives, but it
does happen. Someone important approaches the entrance to
a restricted area where he's recognized and waved through.
But the people with him are not recognized and are denied
entrance.
When the “celebrity” sees the problem, he turns and says,
“It’s okay; they’re with me.” Then the whole group is waved
through. Knowing the right person has its advantages.
When Paul writes about hardships not being able to separate us
from the love of God in Christ (Romans 8:35-39), he says we can
overcome them because “we are more than conquerors through
Him who loved us”—meaning Christ.
He may have been thinking of Jesus’ words: “In this world you will
have trouble. But take heart! I've overcome the world” (John 16:33,
NIV). It’s as if you and I are with Jesus when we suddenly encounter
some trouble. Trouble waves Jesus past, then He says to trouble,
gesturing at us, “It’s okay; they’re with Me.”
Jesus has overcome the troubles of this world.
If you're in Him, you have overcome them as well.
"The Christian faith is not a way to explain, endure
or enjoy this world, so much as to overcome it."
Vance Havner
