My Pastor this past Sunday touched on something that really got me thinking. He kept saying "Are you a conqueror or an overcomer?" They're not the same, though they're similar. So sitting there in the pew I thought to myself:
I know there's a difference, but what is it exactly?
So here are the differences:
Conqueror: noun
Overcome(r)
verb (used with object)
1.
to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat:
to overcome the enemy.
2.
to prevail over (opposition, a debility, temptations, etc.); surmount: to overcome one's weaknesses.
3.
to overpower or overwhelm in body or mind, as does liquor, a drug, exertion, or emotion: I was overcome with joy.
4.
So there are the definitions. Is it enough just to be the victor or do we want to prevail over? Are we someone who simply grabs the victory or do we get the better of our struggles? The word conquer is actually in the definition of overcome. It's beating your struggle and then taking it one step further. It's taking back that which is ours and has been destroyed by the enemy and then rebuilding it in Christ. Our scripture today tells us that we are more than conquerors through Him that love us and that nothing in this world can separate us from His love. So go my friends, go do more than conquer this world, overcome!
Archaic. to overspread or overrun.
So there are the definitions. Is it enough just to be the victor or do we want to prevail over? Are we someone who simply grabs the victory or do we get the better of our struggles? The word conquer is actually in the definition of overcome. It's beating your struggle and then taking it one step further. It's taking back that which is ours and has been destroyed by the enemy and then rebuilding it in Christ. Our scripture today tells us that we are more than conquerors through Him that love us and that nothing in this world can separate us from His love. So go my friends, go do more than conquer this world, overcome!
