Today You Are In God’s Hand
Summon Your power, O God; show is Your strength. Psalm 68:28
The Lord blessed me again yesterday with the timeliness of His Words at a time when I was anxious and discouraged. Let me share with you what He gave me from Streams in the Desert (Zondervan):
The Lord imparts to me the underlying strength of character that gives me the necessary energy and decision-making ability in my life. He strengthens me “with power through the Spirit in my inner being” (Ephesians 3:16). And the strength He gives is continuous, for he is a source of power I cannot exhaust.
“Your strength will equal my days” (Deut. 33:25 – my strength of will, affection, judgment, ideals, and achievement will last a lifetime.
“The Lord is my strength” (Exodus 15:2) to go on. He gives me the power to walk the long, straight, and level path, even when the monotonous way has no turns or curves offering pleasant surprises and when my spirit is depressed with the terrible drudgery.
“The Lord is my strength” to go up. He is my power to climb the straight and narrow path up the Hill of Difficulty, as Christian did in Pilgrim’s Progress, and not be afraid.
“The Lord is my strength” to do down. It is often once I leave the invigorating heights, where the wind and sunlight have surrounded me, and begin to descend to the more confining, humid, and stifling heat of the valley below that my heart grows faint. In fact, I recently heard someone say, referring to his own increasing frailty, “It is coming down that tires me most!”
“The Lord is my strength” to sit still. And what a difficult accomplishment this is! I often say to others during those times when I am compelled to be still, “If only I could do something!” I feel like the mother who stands by her sick child but is powerless to heal. What a severe test! Yet to do nothing except to sit still and wait requires tremendous strength!
“The Lord is my strength!” Our competence comes from God” (2 Corinthians 3:5).
Thank You, Lord, for the reminder today that You, and You alone are my strength! – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick
Compass Pointers: Gather up the stones flung at you with malice and build from them an altar of love to your Father in Heaven; fit them together with forgiveness and intercession for those who seek to hurt you. Rick Cruz Torres
Anchored to the Rock: I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for that day. Abraham Lincoln
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