The Source of Our Strength and Power

UV1027/10,000 The Source of Our Strength and Power God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. 2 Samuel 22 v 33 This uni-verse does not say God gives us strength and power but that He Himself is our strength and power. He clothed David, the shepherd boy, David, the anointed heir to the throne of Israel, David the challenger, David, the fugitive, David the warrior, David the King of Israel with strength and power. Different types of strength and power are needed by us at different times and different situations in our lives. Strength is the ability to defend oneself while power is the overflow of strength- the ability to rule over others and wrest victory. The Lord causes the strength and power to flow not from above us or outside us but from within us. It is a deep change that He has wrought in us and not a superficial or cosmetic change. Since He is the source of our strength and power, our strength and power is immense, unlimited, infinite and inexhaustible. Therefore, we are called to be warriors and not worriers, princes and not paupers! Different parts of our bodies are also given different types of strength and power. Our head is given the power to lead, the power of both knowledge and wisdom, the power to imagine and create, the strength to withstand different types of fear, the power to believe and to trust, the power to strategize, the power of insight and understanding. Our eyes are given the power to envision. Our ears are given the power to listen, the ability to receive. The ears are shaped like a funnel to take in all sounds and is also curved like a foetus in the womb. The more we listen to the messages the Lord sends us, the more we will grow in strength and power like a foetus develops on only one source of food- the mother’s milk. Our mouth is given the power and privilege to speak the very Word of God and God-like power and strength is released on both the listener and the speaker. Our fingers are taught to battle, our arms to be strong to work, our legs to stand firm. The Lord invests our spirit with the strength of steel and the power to rule over ourselves. Just as muscles are the source of strength in a hand or leg, our faith is the source of strength in our spirits. God’s natural provision is itself awesome and great but His supernatural provision is beyond our understanding and imagination- it takes faith to recognize the supernatural provision of strength and power. We are not perfect but as we strive for the very perfection of Christ, the Lord attributes perfection to us by grace. He does not see our faults, failings and our limitations. He assesses us by our eternal potential and by our faith. The Lord is satisfied that as we go, we make improvements in the way we think, speak, relate, solve and do things. He will enable us to set our goals and standards very high and give us the grace or power to achieve these. He will deliver us from enemies who are too powerful or too subtle for us to handle. As long as we handle the known, He will handle the unknown. He will enable us to successfully cross hurdles and barriers in our lives. He will enable us to come through unscathed in great dangers and battles so that we as well as others will know that it could only the hand of the Lord that had done it. As long as we are trying to live upright lives and in accordance with the Word, our way is perfect. Prateep v Philip