Strength!!!

2 Corinthians 5:5, 7 New Life Version (NLV)

5 It is God Who has made us ready for this change. He has given us His Spirit to show us what He has for us.

7 Our life is lived by faith. We do not live by what we see in front of us.

Psalm 46:1-5 New Life Version (NLV)

God is our safe place and our strength. He is always our help when we are in trouble. 2 So we will not be afraid, even if the earth is shaken and the mountains fall into the center of the sea, 3 and even if its waters go wild with storm and the mountains shake with its action.

4 There is a river whose waters make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High lives. 5 God is in the center of her. She will not be moved. God will help her when the morning comes. 

The definition of STRENGTH, according to GOOGLE, is “the quality or state of being strong, in particular”.  We have seasons of feeling strong and then other seasons of needing to find strength.  We must find our strength and encouragement in our faith.  For HE will not let us down.  We will face times of trouble.  We will feel the earth shake around us.  The storm will rage and waves will slap us down.  However, if our faith is centered and stays centered, we will find a supernatural strength.  

It is necessary for us to go through those hard times.  We won’t understand them while they are happening or even after they happen.  Those times mold us and become apart of us.  Beth Moore states, in her study title The Quest, the strength we find in Him is supernatural.  “It promotes growth in our faith, increases the size and strength of your spiritual muscle, and improves your soul’s endurance in your arduous journey to the kingdom.”  

My prayer for you today is that He gives you the strength needed.  To give you the supernatural strength and patience only He can supply.  I pray that you feel His presence as He does the heavy lifting.  I pray that you rest when you feel called to rest.  Our spiritual muscle will always stay engaged if we rest in Him.  

Be Blessed!

P.S.

Ladies - I am excited to be co-hosting an 8 week bible study based on the book Ruth.  If you are hungry for a community of women that provides spiritual relationships, we welcome you.  Please respond in an email and I will get that information to you personally.  We will be starting next Thursday, September 27th from 6-7:30.  If you feel a tug on your heart, follow your heart.  That is God whispering to you.