We
intuitively prefer strength to weakness. And we should. It is a biblical virtue
to possess the strength to resiliently face life’s challenges and to “bear up
under the pain” we all inevitably encounter (1Pet.2:19; Eph.6:10-13).
Thankfully God is desirous of granting his children strength (Is.40:29;
Ps.29:11; Phil.4:13). Many do well to ask God for it, but err in passively
waiting for its arrival. God would have us get active – specifically in his
word! The connection between acquiring strength and indulging in God’s word is
unmistakable. David testifies that encounters with God’s written word “revives
the soul” (Ps.19:7). John equates the growing strength of spiritual “young men”
with “the word of God living in them” (1Jn.2:14). We cannot afford to be ignorant
of Satan’s strategy in this matter. To keep us weak, feeble and internally
fragile, he only needs to keep us from God’s word. If we are to “overcome the
evil one” and possess real strength as those spiritual “young men” in 1 John
2:14, then we must keep our nose in the Book and our mind set on God’s eternal
principles.
-- Pastor Mike
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