6. HIS STRENGTH
Job 39:21: The warhorse “rejoiceth in his strength.”
How easy it is for us to be discouraged. We get discouraged especially when we become wearied by those we thought were for us and then find they were betraying us behind our backs. We get discouraged when our bodies become weak and lack endurance. We also get discouraged when the battle continues long and there seems to be no end in sight. It’s not good to think we are the only ones who have to go through these battles for they are common to man.
The natural warhorse has great strength and can therefore rejoice in the strength God gave him. But many of us facing great spiritual and physical battles have very little strength to rejoice in. What little strength we have in the natural often disappears in the first round of the boxing match.
The mighty Samson soon found out when Delilah ordered the locks of his hair to be shaved off how weak he really was in his own natural strength. Going out and shaking himself after he had given away his Nazarite vow did not help him one bit. Judges 16:20 states: “And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.”
Christians who walk in step with Christ can find that He is all-sufficient strength and that we can handle every situation He allows us to go through. It is time for us who call ourselves by the name of the Lord to learn what it means to rejoice in the strength that has been generously provided for us in our relationship with Christ.
God spoke to Paul in His weakness: “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9).
To be continued.
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell