CONQUER

 An overcomer is one who tackles every day regardless of circumstances.  It’s easy to conquer when things are under control--relationships are great, we have good health, we’re doing well at work, and as officials, all of our calls are correct and have no “no calls”.  As we have seen in the last few months, circumstances change. How we handle the circumstances makes all the difference.

A key word to focus on this week is CONQUER--defined as “Successfully Overcome”.  When you look at the definition pay particular attention to “Successfully”.  As officials, or in any part of our life, we want to not just overcome our circumstances, we want to successfully navigate and conquer.

Romans 8: 35-37:  35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[a]

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

In these verses, we see that we will face trouble, hardship, persecution, danger.  How do we conquer these everyday stresses?  The manner in which we handle these everyday issues will determine how clearly we think and how wise our decisions are.  Let’s look at a few ways to handle the circumstances we face:

1)      Stay calm—keep our emotions in check

2)      Keep our perspective—use the circumstance to grow and learn

3)      Be confident in my ability to handle the situation(s)—handle the things under our control to help keep our minds clear to make good decisions.

4)      Don’t obsess about the problem—basically, don’t look back too much or too long.  It’s most often good to look back to learn and to see what was done right and what we can do better or different.  But, use our energy to move forward and improve.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. -Booker T. Washington

 

--Credit: https://fcaresources.com/devotional/overcomer