Devotional for Thursday, June 7, 2018
“I Can…Because He Strengthens Me!”
by Dona Hake
Philippians 4:13 (CEB)
” I can endure all these things through
the power of the one who gives me strength.”
Many times when we are faced with adversity or we are feeling weak, the words that we may be tempted to entertain in our minds are “I can’t do this, or “I want this to go away!” Today I want to encourage you to seek daily to find your strength in God.
Now let us read from John 10:10 (AMP)
“The thief comes only in order to steal and kill
and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy
life, and have it in abundance
(to the full, till it overflows).”
In this life we all face this thief that desires to zap the very life of God out of us. All that the Lord has equipped us with is a threat to his ability to rob from us. Yet he diligently seeks to steal and rob from us from the abundance our Lord desires for us to live in . He will try to kill your dreams, weaken your faith, and more than anything try to convince you that “you can’t” be an overcomer. He seems to sometimes have the mysterious ability to make the smallest of things look gigantic, yet we serve the one that can bring all problems down to size if only we keep our eyes on Him.
Paul spoke of when he was his weakest is when he truly experienced God’s strength. As we look to live in God’s strength we can know that no matter how things are going in the natural, He is with us, and He will always show Himself strong on our behalf. Today I pray that His abundance is full and overflowing in you, and you are walking in the strength of God!