Increasing Dependence Increases Strength

UV 3540/10000. Increasing Dependence Increases Strength For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth so that He may support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this; therefore, from now on you will have wars. 2 Chronicles 16 v 9 The Lord is the “eye in the sky”. He sees not just all that is happening on earth but He sees our hearts and knows the extent of our commitment, our reliance or dependence on Him. Asa, king of Judah relied not on the Lord but on his ally, the king of Aram or Syria. This offended the Spirit of God and He allowed wars to rise against Asa. Asa had forgotten how the Lord had delivered him and Judah from a larger and more formidable army of Ethiopia and Lubim. Likewise, we too often forget how the Lord had delivered us in the past and act foolishly based on our human reasoning. The Holy Spirit roams all over the world looking for people who are fully committed to the Lord and strengthens such as these. We need to check our level of commitment or dependence on the Lord. Do our eyes shift from the Lord to look for support from our worldly friends and contacts? Like Joshua, we must be totally dependent on the Lord, not relying on our own insight or wisdom for a moment. We should know that the Lord who has been so faithful to us so far, will continue to strengthen, support and deliver us from our mortal and invisible enemies. In every generation, the moment the Lord sees a person with the commitment of Abraham or Noah or St Paul, He chooses to be with them, bless them, enable them, equip and empower. The more we rely on Him, the less our own hopes and expectations will be belied. The more we believe and trust Him, the more victorious we will be in our life’s struggles and temptations. The Holy Spirit will pour a double anointing of His power and grace upon us, strengthen us from within and tweak the circumstances around us. When we are so surrendered to Him, He will make us more than conquerors. In real life, the more we depend on another, the weaker we become but the more we depend on the Lord, the stronger we become, the more victorious we are.