Walking in Strength

Strength is relative.

Our strength is finite.

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.Psalm 39:4-5

God’s strength is infinite.

Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.Psalm 147:1-5

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.Isaiah 40:28

Since we are weak, we must be strengthened.

Strength conditioning is an ongoing process.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.Isaiah 41:10

Our strength is borrowed strength.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.Ephesians 6:10

God strengthens our heart day by day.

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;Ephesians 3:16

We are strengthened according to His glorious power.

This power gives us victory over sin.

And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.Romans 8:10-11

God’s strength is perfected when we come to the end of our own.

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.2 Corinthians 12:9-10

Strength is found in the presence of God.

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.Isaiah 40:31

If you want to be stronger, spend time with strong Christians.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.Proverbs 27:17

When you are weak, run to strength.

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.1 Corinthians 2:5