Strength for defense!
Verse for Today: Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Psalms 59:17 – Unto You, O my
Strength, will I sing; for God is my defense, and the God of my mercy.
The weak are often defenseless.
They do not sing because their lives are full of losses and failures. They do
not have any strength in themselves to stand straight and strong against their
enemies. They seek mercy from others to survive. But to those who go to God
seeking strength, defense and mercy are amply given so that they can enjoy it
all and sing for the victory that they are given by God. David addressed God as
his strength because he realized that he had no strength in himself. He was
unable to defend himself against all his formidable enemies. He learned that he
could keep going only if God showed mercy to him. David looked into himself and
found his situation hopeless and pathetic. That sight prompted him to seek the
help of God for grace to survive and sustain in his sojourn. When he trusted
God, he realized that strength was flowing into his life from God. As a result,
he saw that the most powerful enemies were falling before him and that he could
defeat them in God’s name. Such victories made David to start singing great
hymns of praise and faith and make a joyful noise in the presence of God. He
depended on the mercy of God which was available to him to meet the needs of
the hour. As David we can acknowledge that all our strength comes from God and
that we have no input in it. Each day we receive such abundance of strength
from the Lord that enable us to address God as our sole strength. Today God’s
strength is available to those who seek after Him in the measure in which it is
required for each of our situations. As God imparts His strength into us, these
earthen vessels become sources of spiritual songs. But we can enjoy God’s
strength if only we appropriate it by faith and put it to use in handling our
situations and fighting our battles.
Dear friend, are you feeling weak
and powerless in handling your complicated situations and formidable enemies?
Are you weeping because of your pathetic condition and feeling defenseless?
There is a powerhouse in heaven from which you can draw all the power and
strength you need to meet all your challenges. But it is imperative that you
drain yourself of all your self with its fleshly power which is of no use in
defending yourself against the enemy. When you are drained of all your self
with its power, and seek the mercy of your God to fill you with His Spirit, He
will fill you with His Spirit who is the Spirit of power and strength. God’s Spirit
is not the Spirit of fear and timidity, but of joy, freedom and peace. He will
come in and fortify you with His mighty power and strength to defend yourself
against the enemy of your soul. His power will enable you and empower you to
accomplish what God has planned for you. As you are filled and empowered by the
Spirit, your weeping will give way to joy and singing. You will then be able to
see the great things that the Lord is doing in and through you which will cause
you to sing hymns of praise and adoration. Thus God will get all glory for all
that happens in your life. God fortifies you according to His mercy to you. Today
God comes to fill every vacuum in our lives with His glory if we are committed
to depend on His mercy and strength. His strength and power will help us to
handle all our difficult situations. He will take our hopelessness away from us
and brighten our pathways with His hope. His strength will enable us to face
and defeat all the Goliaths of fear, anxiety, doubt, confusion, discouragement,
apprehension and hopelessness.
Psalms 118:14 – The Lord is my
strength and my song; He has become my salvation.
Thought for Today
God fills us with His strength to help us defend ourselves against our
adversary.
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