“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”
Romans 8:37
It is necessary to take risks for the cause and glory of God, our Lord Jesus tells us in Luke 21:16-18 “But you will be betrayed even by parents, and brothers, and relatives, and friends; and they will put some of you to death; and you will be hated by all for My name's sake. Yet not a hair of your head will perish.”
It says “some” will lose their lives for the cause of God. This brings uncertainty, some live and some do not, in other words, as Christians our lives are at risk while we are in this world.
Taking risks is not easy because there is the possibility of losing. Many of us like to live a spiritual life where there is a lot of comfort and we feel very satisfied in our spiritual life and sometimes in our ministry.
In the Bible we see Queen Esther who, in order to save her people, approached the king without permission, even though there was a law that prohibited her from seeing him without first being summoned by him. Even though she was the queen, she could die if the king did not extend the golden scepter to her. Despite the risk, what did Esther do? In Esther 4:16 “…then I will go in to the king, though it be not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
Esther did not know what was going to happen, she did not have a revelation from God on what she should do. She had to make a decision. She loved God's people and decided to trust that God was in control and to give that problem to God and let Him do His will.
In Acts 21:10-14, when the Apostle Paul was on his way to Jerusalem the prophet named Agabus told him that his life was in danger and despite the fact that the Apostle Paul was told not to go to Jerusalem, the Apostle Paul said in Acts 21:13-14 “Why do you weep and break my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. And when we could not persuade him, we gave up, saying, ‘The will of the Lord be done. ’”
Very similar to what Queen Esther said, “May the Lord do what seems good to him.”
What about us? Are we content or very comfortable in our situation? We know that the life of a Christian has a struggle that is invisible to our physical eyes. The Bible tells us that the prince of this world, Satan, wants to destroy our lives, our marriage, our children, our ministry. The Bible says in 1 Peter 5:8 that Satan walks around “like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour.”
In this world, we will encounter trials, difficult decisions where we will need to take risks and leave our comfort zone, stop being conformists for the cause of God because we are free in Christ and in Him we are more than conquerors.
“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” Romans 8:37
Pastor Martin Wolf
