God is the strength of our lives.
Beloved, it's not in our human endeavours that His strength is made perfect but in our weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9). Those moments we fail or flail about without any energy or ability to do right is when God shows us His perfect or complete strength to help us.
We know there are things in our lives like bad attitudes, poor mindsets and deeply rooted patterns of sinful behavior that only His strength can go to the depths of our heart to uproot and set right. This takes a work of humility on our part. And it requires His strength so that we are willing to bend and break to the work of the Holy Spirit.
Arrogance and self-sufficiency will always oppose His Spirit of grace to transform us from the inside out. Beloved, mercy is extended to us if only we come to the end of ourselves.
King Saul was an example of what not to do when God showed him mercy. After repeated disobedience, Saul lost the privilege of being both the appointed and anointed king of Israel. Listen to the stern words of prophet Samuel. "And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent." (I Samuel 15:29, KJV).
We can be so headstrong in our ways that the same strength of God to deliver us could in fact work against us! God will in turn become our enemy and oppose us. Nothing can be so terrifying when God is your enemy and your strength to persist in sin leads into greater weakness and spiritual darkness.
Beloved, God's strength is never intended to destroy us (Isaiah 42:3). Recall He crushed His son on the cross on our behalf taking the full weight of our sins (Isaiah 53:10). He knows that we are but dust (Psalms 103:14) so He is patient beyond measure that we might allow His strong hand to deliver us...even when we are blind to our own ways and don't want to be set free.
Be encouraged today my brothers and sisters. Let His hand rest on you - to uphold and strengthen you - turn fully to Him allowing His perfect strength to change weakness into a place of joy and sweetness. Most gladly [Greek word that means sweetness] therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (2 Corinthians 12:9].
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