More Than
More than is a next-level phrase. It means the expectations for something were not only met but exceeded.
I knew I was getting a special woman when I met and married my wife, Sheila, in 1986. These many years later, I would say she is more than I expected in so many good ways. She exceeded my expectations in so many ways. She is more than a wife; she’s my best friend, trusted companion, confidant, helper, and much more. She’s funny, witty, pretty, fun to be with, intelligent, loves Jesus, easy to talk to, I could go on and on too. We have a healthy relationship filled with “more than.”
So I could simply say she is “more than!”
That means she is above average, not the status quo, not ordinary.
For those of us who have come to know Jesus, we too have become above average, not status quo, not ordinary.
Romans 8:37 Yet in all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
We have become and continue to become more than through Jesus!
This more than experience is because Jesus is more than enough. Now, what is said here about being more than conquerors was in the context of hardships and difficulties and how nothing can separate us from the love of Christ.
There’s something so reassuring and confidence-building in knowing nothing can separate you from the love of someone great and important in your life. This is especially true when it comes to someone like Jesus, who is the most important person and relationship in any believer’s life.
This more than conqueror status is given to us because of the love of Christ and the love of God. Not only is it impossible to separate us from Christ’s love, but it is also impossible to separate us from God’s love.
Romans 8:38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Your experience of being more than an overcomer manifests when you become persuaded. You are already “more than,” but you realize and manifest it when you become persuaded of His great love for you. My encouragement to you is for you to become fully persuaded of God’s great love, which is in Christ Jesus, Who now lives in you and in whom you have been placed. I pray that you will become more and more aware of just how much more than an overcomer you really are.
