Mighty In God: Go Forth In His Strength For His Glory And For Our Good

We are to be weak in ourselves but mighty in God. As we go forth in His power, robed in His righteousness, donning His full armor, and desirous of His glory we are mighty conquerors indeed for kingdom work. The true strength of every saint lies in the Lord of Hosts. We no longer embrace and depend upon self in all its weaknesses and frailties rather we deny it – our power comes from above. God is engaged for our defense to uphold us through the wildest storms and severest trials. His desire is to take us from “strength to strength” as we walk through them. He is with us through all our troubles, tribulations and temptations. Relying on our own strength is weakness indeed. Our souls have great value – God’s love for us being both deep and wide – and He empowers us to fight the good fight of faith – giving us all that we need. He has not left us to do this alone. He has given us the precious Holy Spirit to equip and empower us. We can do all things through Christ who gives us strength – His power readily available for every child of the King. We are to totally rely on Jesus as He relied on the Father when He walked this dusty earth. The Holy Spirit imparted to every believer at their new birth empowers us to walk as Jesus walked, enabling us to bear fruit in keeping with repentance as John the Baptist proclaimed.     
When we find ourselves in a troubled state, we are to make sure we have our eyes fixed on our Savior as He is the Author and Perfecter of our faith. Weak faith focuses on the problem and not the Problem Solver. Jesus is our Comforter, our Protector and our very great reward. We can trust Him. The soul finds rest in God alone – not in people, places or things. As we take our eyes off the winds and the waves of our circumstances and place them on the One who has our circumstances under His feet, our peace is restored. We are to persist by steadily looking to Him – standing on His promises and going forth in His power.