Prevailing

Acts 8:3 KJV

As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

Jesus promised that the gates of hell would not prevail against His church but he did not promise persecutors would not make havoc of the church. Such havoc Saul of Tarsus committed. He spared neither the men nor the women but was merciless and tireless in his efforts to eradicate his world of the "heresy" of preaching Christ as Saviour. 

However, no matter the effort he put into his persecution, and no matter how successful he was in binding men and women into prison he was unsuccessful in prevailing against the church.

• Where one Church was dissolved many sprung up in its place
• Where one Christian was killed, others soon converted to believe in and preach this same Jesus

In the end, the very one who had made havoc of the church, far from successfully prevailing against it, found its Saviour prevailed against him. 

What a blessing to be a part of such a blessed work!