"Equipped With Strength"

"It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect."  Psalm 18:32

Stop saying you are weak!  Stop saying that you can't do it- that you are just too weak and don't have the strength!  "Let the weak say, I am strong; strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might." (Joel 3:10; Ephesians 6:10)  Yes, in and of yourself you are weak and can do nothing, but as a born again child of God you are no longer too weak to do any task that He sets before you.  You are no longer too weak to stand before the enemy.  Why?  Because He "girdeth" you with strength.  (Translated- He equips you with strength.)  He equips you with the strength that you need to "run through a troop", to "stand and face your Goliath"; to "preach the gospel", to "lay aside every weight of sin that would beset you".  This means that you can now do "all things through Christ which strengthens you". 

We have been equipped with everything we need to live victoriously- including strength.  The strength that He has equipped us with is His very own strength.  It is the same strength that was in Jesus when He stood against the devil's temptations in the wilderness; when He went about doing good; when He was daily confronted by His accusers; when He humbled Himself in Gethsemane and surrendered to the will of the Father.  It is the same strength that caused Him to endure the shame and the pain in order to pay the price for our sins on the cross. 

We do not have to cave in to weakness because not only is His strength available to us, it is part of what He has equipped us with in order to live the life that He has called us to live.  Do we have moments when we feel weak?  Yes, we do.  But in those times we can't give into the weakness and just stop or give up.  We have to look to the One who "infuses" us with His strength and get our strength renewed.  "I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency]." (Philippians 4:13- Amplified Bible)  And when we go to Him for renewed strength, He promises us that we will receive it.  "For my strength is made perfect in weakness." (2 Corinthians 12:9)

If this describes you this morning, you do not have to be weak, the Lord has equipped you with His strength.  And you won't be weak if you will "put on" the strength that He has equipped you with.

Have a great day.  We have been equipped with the Lord's strength so we aren't weaklings. 

For further reading:

Psalm 18:29; 39; 138:3

Hebrews 12:1

2 Timothy 4:17

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