「藉著那愛我們的，在這一切的事上，我們已經得勝有餘了。」－羅馬書 8:37
「得勝有餘」遠超過僅僅得勝；它乃是完全得勝到一個地步，不但遠離了挫敗與毀滅，更是將敵軍剿滅，贏得珍貴豐富的擄物，並為著能有這場勝利的戰役讚美神。
我們如何能「得勝有餘」呢？經過了爭戰，我們得以學得屬靈的原則，大大在信心中得加強，也能建立我們屬靈的品格。
為了使我們屬靈的生命穩固，試驗是少不了的。就像瓷器若不經過烈火的燒烤，上頭的圖案便無法永久存留；香柏木若不經疾風的搖撼，它便無法深深的紮根於山嶺。我們所經歷一切屬靈的爭戰，無非是神為我們所量身訂做的祝福，甚至連仇敵撒但也是神用來訓練我們，為了使我們能贏得最終的勝利。
在弗呂家人古早的傳說中提及，每當戰士打敗了敵人，他們能從敵人身上吸收力量，使自己的體力和勇氣大為增加。照樣，每一次的試探，也都能一再地加強我們屬靈的力量和裝備。因此，每一個我們所勝過的敵人，都將在我們爭戰的隊伍中，為我們效力爭戰！
先知以賽亞曾說到以色列人要在非利士人的肩頭上飛翔：「他們要向西飛，撲在非利士人的肩頭上...。」（以賽亞書11:14）在以賽亞的描繪中，非利士人－以色列人長久以來的死敵－不僅要敗在以色列人的腳下，他們還肩負著以色列人，背著他們迎接下一波的勝利。
就如同智慧的舵手能化惡劣的逆風為往前的推進力，照樣我們也能靠著神得勝的恩典，使屬靈生命中最艱苦的逆境轉為契機，並能像保羅一再的說：「我所遭遇的事，更是叫福音興旺。」（腓立比書1:12）
"In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us" (Romans 8:37).
This is more than victory. This is a triumph so complete that we have not only escaped defeat and destruction, but we have destroyed our enemies and won a spoil so rich and valuable that we can thank God that the battle ever came. How can we be "more than conquerors"? We can get out of the conflict a spiritual discipline that will greatly strengthen our faith and establish our spiritual character. Temptation is necessary to settle and confirm us in the spiritual life. It is like the fire which burns in the colors of mineral painting, or like winds that cause the mighty cedars of the mountain to strike more deeply into the soil. Our spiritual conflicts are among our choicest blessings, and our great adversary is used to train us for his ultimate defeat. The ancient Phrygians had a legend that every time they conquered an enemy the victor absorbed the physical strength of his victim and added so much more to his own strength and valor. So temptation victoriously met doubles our spiritual strength and equipment. It is possible thus not only to defeat our enemy, but to capture him and make him fight in our ranks.
The prophet Isaiah speaks of flying on the shoulders of the Philistines (Isa. 11:14). These Philistines were their deadly foes, but the figure suggested that they would be enabled not only to conquer the Philistines, but to use them to carry the victors on their shoulders for further triumphs. Just as the wise sailor can use a head wind to carry him forward by tacking and taking advantage of its impelling force; so it is possible for us in our spiritual life through the victorious grace of God to turn to account the things that seem most unfriendly and unfavorable, and to be able to say continually, "The things that were against me have happened to the furtherance of the Gospel." --Life More Abundantly
A noted scientist observing that "early voyagers fancied that the coral-building animals instinctively built up the great circles of the Atoll Islands to afford themselves protection in the inner parts," has disproved this fancy by showing that the insect builders can only live and thrive fronting the open ocean, and in the highly aerated foam of its resistless billows. So it has been commonly thought that protected ease is the most favorable condition of life, whereas all the noblest and strongest lives prove on the contrary that the endurance of hardship is the making of the men, and the factor that distinguishes between existence and vigorous vitality. Hardship makes character. --Selected
