TODAY’S WORD FOR TUESDAY APRIL 5, 2016.
STRENGTH
Having the capacity for physical endurance; vigor; firmness or courage; power by reason of influence, authority, resources or numbers.
And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” II Corinthians 12:9.
For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. Romans 5:6.
I will love you, O Lord, my strength. Psalm 18:1.
The Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid. Psalm 27:1
He is my strength in time of trouble. Psalm 37:39.
We have put 5 verses above for you to keep near you to read when you feel unable to cope and are need of help and strength. We are confident that almost every day one of these verses will be special to you.
As you know athletes spend many hours working to increase their strength so they can excel in their sport. We have often wondered, as maybe you have, what kind of world we would be living in today if believers would spend as much time working on increasing their spiritual strength by growing their faith and trust in the Lord.
Those who believe in Jesus should have the goal of becoming more like Jesus. That will only happen if we spend time getting to know Him through prayer.
In the Bible the most renowned man for heroic feats requiring great physical strength was Samson. He was a judge of Israel for some 20 years and known for his great physical strength but later in his life for his moral weaknesses.
God promised Manoah, Samson’s father, a son (Judges 13-16) that would deliver Israel out of the hands of the Philistines. God instructed Samson’s parents to raise him to be a Nazarite, a person that would be set apart from the things of the world for service to God. A Nazarite was to never use a razor on his hair or drink fermented drinks or eat unclean foods. Because the parents honored God’s request God endowed Samson with great bodily strength.
God gave Samson the strength to be victorious over the Philistines but foolishly Samson yielded to the temptation to use the strength God gave him for his own selfish purposes. Samson was weak spiritually and did not have the moral or spiritual strength to resist the seduction of a Philistine woman named Delilah.
God is the source of our strength and He wants us to rely on His strength not our own. Samson neglected to give God the glory for his strength and broke his commandment to serve the Lord.
Samson had been blessed by God with great strength and if he had lived up to his potential he could have done the great work God had called him to do. He could have wiped out the evil Philistines and set Israel free from their dominion over them. In the end Samson recognized his dependence on the Lord and God allowed him to accomplish one last heroic feat to bring God’s judgement on the Philistines. No matter how badly we have failed in the past it is never too late to call on God to give us the strength to begin anew.
Read carefully again the five verses we have put above and they will give you all the assurance you will need to be sure that God is your strength in all you do when you put your trust in Him.
Our memory verse for this week is found in II Timothy 3:17.
So that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Thank You for the confidence that You have given me that You are my strength for all that I do. Help me to rely on You for wisdom, guidance and strength in my walk and talk today. May I give You all the honor and glory for all that You accomplish through me today.
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