Strong, In And By, Faith

Good Morning!! It's very common in human experience, to run up against things that are bigger than we are,...things that we simply cannot overcome by our own strength. It may be a lust that threatens to consume us, an addiction that repeatedly overcomes us, a resentment that is growing inside us, or a sorrow that seems to paralyze us. It can be equally common to try to grit our teeth, hunch our backs, and seek to make it through by shear determination. We tell ourselves we can overcome,...if we just try hard enough. After all, isn't that what being a good Christian means?

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.—Philippians 4:13 (NIV)

Yet here is the mighty apostle Paul admitting that his strength does not come from himself, or from his own willpower. He is not trying to do it on his own. Rather, he is looking to Jesus Christ for the power and deliverance he needs. How can you make it through this trial? Through Christ. How can you overcome that temptation or addiction? Through Christ. How can you rise above your grief or depression? Through Christ.

There is nothing that we cannot do through the strength, that Christ has promised to us.

Holy Spirit of God, help us, to turn to Christ, and find for ourselves the confidence, the joy, the strength that Paul found. Amen.

"The Lord calls for us to stand,...but not always to understand."