More Than Conquerors. Romans 8:37

Isaiah never thought he’d end up homeless. Just a year earlier, he was a respected warehouse supervisor, working 60 hours a week to provide for his wife and newborn daughter. He prided himself on never asking for help. To him, needing others meant weakness.

Isaiah thought hard work alone made him strong—until life showed him true strength.

Then came the layoffs. “It’s just business,” his boss said, but to Isaiah, it felt personal. He spent weeks applying everywhere, but no doors opened. The bills piled up until their power was cut. His wife moved in with her parents for the baby’s sake, leaving Isaiah sleeping in his truck alone.

He spent humid nights in the Walmart parking lot, praying with tears streaming down his face. “God, where are You? I thought You loved me.” One night, feeling defeated, he opened his Bible app and read Romans 8:37: “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”

The verse made him angry at first. More than conquerors? he thought. I can’t even conquer my own life. But as he read it over and over, something shifted. He realized being a conqueror wasn’t about winning every battle—it was about refusing to let loss define you.

The next morning, he drove to a local church that offered free breakfast. A volunteer sat across from him, listening quietly. “Isaiah,” she said gently, “God isn’t done with your story. Come back tomorrow. There’s work here that needs a man like you.”

He showed up at sunrise to help set up tables and carry boxes of food. Day after day, he served. Each morning before dawn, he sat in his truck reading Romans 8:37 aloud, fighting back tears as hope slowly returned.

He learned being more than a conqueror wasn’t about winning—but never giving up hope.

Weeks later, the outreach pastor approached him with a smile. “I hear you used to supervise teams. We need a new operations coordinator for our food program. It’s part-time, but we think you’re the man for it.”

Isaiah blinked in disbelief. It wasn’t a warehouse job with overtime pay, but it was purpose. He accepted. Soon, he moved into a small apartment the church helped him secure. His wife and daughter returned home, and though they still struggled financially, his faith had never been stronger.

Today, Isaiah tells every man he mentors, “We are more than conquerors—not because life is easy, but because Jesus loves us enough to carry us through it all.”