Unfortunately, at some point in life we’ve all been touched, overwhelmed, and deeply changed by adversity. When I feel overwhelmed, challenged, and waist deep in a difficult season, I cling to the things I know to be true; God’s word!
One of my many ‘go-to’ passages of text comes out of Isaiah 40:29-31 and it reads, “He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.”
Undoubtedly and sometimes reluctantly, during difficult seasons (aka life in general) I found this to be true; our hearts have been fashioned to face and fight even the hardest of situations or circumstances. I also found this to be equally true; we are never alone in the battle. We have an all powerful and loving God on our side, and our strength comes from knowing He is right there with us. Hence my case in point, you can’t break a person who gets their strength from God.
I love the Message paraphrase of Psalm 121:1-5, “No, my strength comes from God, who made heaven, and earth, and mountains. He won’t let you stumble, your Guardian God won’t fall asleep. Not on your life! Israel’s Guardian will never doze or sleep. God’s your Guardian, right at your side to protect you….”
My brothers and sisters, as we cleave and cling to these biblical truths, we must trust that God is calling us to walk more closely with Him, to trust Him more deeply, and to press into the future that He has set before us. Yes, we can face the adversity of today because we know that God has a future in mind for us, an abundant, glorious future.
At the end of th day, let us never forget that, “In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:37-39). It’s only in and through God’s abiding love that we find our hope, strength, and future!
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