“He gives power to the weak,
and to those who have no might He increases strength.”
Isaiah 40:29
Is today a heavy day? Are you feeling under the pile, under the weather, or perhaps overwhelmed? Are you feeling weak, lacking, or just generally inadequate?
We can only survive on adrenaline, caffeine, and willpower for so long. And thankfully, we don’t have to.
We have Jesus.
When we are running on fumes, we need His power. When we are weak, He provides His strength.
Why do we forget?
My life has been one of throwing myself at His feet for the really hard stuff (cancer, job loss, a daughter diagnosed with juvenile diabetes—to name a few), but then sweating the small stuff on my own.
When I wrote out this life-giving, hope-in-Him verse above from Isaiah, it occurred to me: this is the Gospel! Right here in the OLD Testament.
It’s God providing for us what we can’t manufacture or whip up on our own.
We need Him. We need Him for the life-altering challenges and the daily irritations. The big stuff AND the small stuff.
Whether today’s hard thing is emotional or physical, spiritual or medical, financial, vocational, or relational, let’s remind one another that He is the source of our power and His strength is ours for the asking.
When we come to Him for salvation, we must first acknowledge we need saving! The Gospel begins with admitting our need for Him … confessing that, as John Newton put it so perfectly, “I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.”
And the same is true for our growing in sanctification—living and abiding in Him after we are saved. Asking for His strength means admitting our weakness. Asking for His power means acknowledging I’m on empty.
As women of God, we know we can’t achieve eternal life on our own. So why do we think we can hope to navigate living for Him on our own? We don’t have to! And why would we want to?
Need strength? Need power? Just ask! Our God is a giving God:
“He gives power to the weak,
and to those who have no might He increases strength.”
Can I get an amen?
We continue with Laura’s series of teaching videos from her Bible study in I Kings.
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