Remember on the second day of this verse we added to it Isaiah 26:4 for it's perfect completion...are you game to adding it to your memory? I think this week's verse has been especially easy, so if you're willing to stretch a bit, go ahead and get two verses stored without too much extra effort:
You will keep in perfect peace the mind that is dependent on You, for it is trusting in You. Trust ye in the LORD for ever, for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.
So if you are trusting in God, keep on trusting...forever! For in God, and in God alone we find strength that will never end.
I like the idea of everlasting strength, because I hate exercise! I got on my treadmill tonight for the first time in....well in a long time! I do it for many reasons (vanity being one of them, although I must have let the vanity slide about 15 lbs. ago!), but one of the main reasons is to build up and then maintain strength. I do not want to get old and wobbly! I would like to maintain a certain degree of strength as I age. I would like to be able to bend down and be able to get up! (Something that somewhere around 54.5 seemed to start getting harder!) My point is, if I want to build strength and then if I want to maintain strength, it is going to take work. That's because I'm human.
But God, my super strong God, He offers everlasting strength. A strength that does not have to be replenished through any other means than trusting in Him and in His power to sustain us. We then become tapped into His strength...and who can stand against the eternal strength of Almighty God?
Three verses come to mind tonight:
1. 1 Timothy 4:8 Physical exercise has some value, but spiritual exercise is much more important, for it promises a reward in both this life and the next.
2. Romans 8:31b If God is for us, who can be against us?
3. 1 John 4:4b ...because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
We need to remember to trust in our God's strength to overcome anything that we come up against in this world. His strength is on our side. We are asked to "get in shape" spiritually, but He is ready to help us with that strength building as well. For on our own, we'll never be able to be strong enough.
Another quote from Robert J. Morgan,
As we stay our minds on Him, trust Him, and experience His perfect peace, we find daily strength for daily needs. We have strength sufficient, strength eternally.Trust in God for the strength you need --- He will never fail you.
1 comment:
I do trust God and he does not fail me. God's strength is amazing. He helps me through - though-out each day. I have always asked God for strength. In my early years as a single mom, He helped me to get through each day. And, now suddenly I am much older and I'm not raising children. I made it through those years. But I still need him today to get through the struggles I face. God is Love and nothing or no one can match His Power and Glory.
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