Devotional Song: ... Go to this link … Please take the time to take in a video of Steven Curtis Chapman singing one of my favorite songs… His Strength Is Perfect, … which is a declaration of the truth that God’s strength is perfect cover our weaknesses, whatever they are.
Highlight Passage Nehemiah 6: 9b [NKJV] …
9 For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done.” … Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. …
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Highlight Context - Nehemiah 6: 1-9, 15 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Nehemiah’s task was great; his opposition was strong; but His God was stronger …
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Reference Passage #1: Deuteronomy 31: 6 [NKJV] …
6 “… Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.”
… God to His people about to enter the Promised Land …
Reference Passage #2: Proverbs 3: 5-6 [NKJV] …
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, … And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, … And He shall direct your paths.
Reference Passage #3: 2nd Corinthians 12: 7-10 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s strength is ALWAYS sufficient to cover our weakness …
Reference Passage #4: Philippians 4: 13 [NKJV] …
13 I can do all things through Christ Who gives me the strength. …
… Paul knew from whence his strength came. …
Reference Passage #5: 1st John 4: 4 [NKJV] …
4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. …
My Journal for Today: Today’s Our Daily Bread devotional entry, authored by C.P. Hia, took his readers [me] to one of my favorite true stories in the Old Testament, … that of Nehemiah being charged by God to rebuild the walls of God’s Temple in Jerusalem prior to God’s remnant of followers being led back to the faith from exile. It is a great story, illustrating the power of surrendered leadership, yielding to use God’s power, to cover our human weaknesses.
I think any reader here would agree that there are times when know we must forge ahead toward Christlikeness; but we fee inept or too weak to move onward to carry out God’s will - even if we know what that will is. For Nehemiah, … God’s will was clear; but the opposition, as one reads about in Nehemiah, Chapter 6, was daunting. But Nehemiah trusted in God’s strength to cover His weakness, … just as Steven Curtis Chapman sings about in the song linked above.
Perhaps, as you’re reading here today, you’ve got some challenge in life, especially in light of your own, recognized, weaknesses, which is holding you back. Meditate on the truths from God’s word above and realize that, … just as with Nehemiah, Solomon, or the Apostle Paul were challenged (see the scriptures above], … God’s strength is ALWAYS sufficient to cover our weakness; and as God’s word declares in 1st John 4: 4, … Greater is HE that is in me [or us] than he that is in the world!
Yes, we CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST Who gives us His strength!!
My Prayer for Today … O Lord, … I yield to Your strength to cover my weakness. … Amen
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