Proverbs 24:10 nlt
If you fail under pressure,
your strength is too small.
Sometimes
I get real tired. Sometimes I even battle depression. But what I continue
to understand is that choosing to do things on my own, without God’s help, I
are weak and in need of help. We have all experienced the fact that our
strength can be ease away if we aren’t careful. Even when we are at our
strongest or our best, our strength can be zapped.
Yet what
I often see happening to me personally and to those who chose to lead is that
when spiritual battles come our way, we become weak far too fast because we
trust in or lean on the wrong person or wrong things.
When we
are sick physically, we don't have any strength. Spiritual sickness is much the same. That is when we let our faith be placed in
the wrong place or when we neglect God or when we continue in a habit that
keeps us away from God. Something has to
give. Turning the wrong way leads to
weakness. Turning the right way we get
very strong.
What can
we do about that problem? We can't stop living. We can't stop the
world. What we must do is trust God. That is not always easy, but
it is always right. God's promises are never too far away from us, and He
is never too far from us. Trusting God is something we learn and something
we have to chose. Chris Tomlin's song Everlasting God
reminds me of the truth that God must lift us.
Strength
will rise as we wait upon the Lord,
We
will wait upon the Lord,
We
will wait upon the Lord
Our
God, You reign forever,
Our
hope, our Strong Deliverer.
You
are the everlasting God. The everlasting God.
You do
not faint. You won't grow weary
You're
the defender of the weak.
You
comfort those in need.
You
lift us up on wings like eagle
Reality
is ... we need God. We need His strength. He is offers us strength,
His strength that doesn't have an end like ours does. His strength is
sweet because it comes when we spend time in His presence. There is
possibility of soaring when we have no strength as long as we rely on God!
Isaiah 40:31 nlt
But those who trust in the Lord will find new
strength. They will soar high
on wings like eagles. They
will run and not grow weary. They will
walk and not faint.
NOTE: much of this
post was first shared in September of 2009.
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