“Now
thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ” (v.14)
Avid
sports fans around the country identify themselves with “their team”, and especially
after winning. Rivalry weekend in college football probably expresses this fact
better than anything else. Brimming with pride, raising their finger in the
air, chanting, “We’re number 1! Identifying with the team, the avid sports fan
takes on the teams victory as his/her own.
As
Christians, we too can participate in a great celebration because Jesus won the
victory over sin nearly two thousand years ago. He paid sin's penalty by dying
on the cross, and He broke its power by rising from the dead. Therefore, we
share in His victory through faith and can take on that victory as our own,
even though we didn't do a thing to earn it.
Thank
God "who always leads us in triumph in Christ.”
The
Truth
“We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.”
(Romans 8:37)
