Here is a command for all who have hit the speed bump of
adversity, be it physical, financial, emotional or relational:
“From henceforth be strong.” Be strong in what? In our spiritual position...
"In the Lord." We are in Him
and He is in us. Where He is... we are!
Where we are... He is! We are co-joined
to Him by the Holy Spirit. "Be
strong in the Lord": We are to live
there. This is not about our opinions or questions of why, and certainly not in
our own strength, for we must be strong in Him, in the person of our Lord. We must have only Christ as our center, as
our life, as our strength, and as our power.
It is the Lord, all the Lord: The all-knowing, ever-present,
all-powerful Lord -- The Lord mighty in battle -- The Lord who laughs at our
enemies -- The Lord who will never ever leave or forsake us -- The King of
glory -- The Lord. Our strength is not
in ourselves, not in our position, not in our abilities or the abilities of
man, not in our wealth or power, not in our circumstances, not in our place,
not in our plans -- not in our chariots, whatever they may be! We must be strong in nothing else, but “In
the Lord". I will trust the Lord
who helps me and keeps me, never slumbering in His watchfulness over me, for I
am totally His -- I will trust the Lord!
Endnote: “The Lord
is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer; my God, my keen and firm Strength in Whom I will trust and take refuge, my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my
High Tower ... Commit your way to the Lord
-- roll and repose each care of your load on Him – trust, lean on, rely on, and be
confident also in Him and He will bring IT to pass.” We would not need verses
like this if our life “in Christ” was going to be easy!!! Jesus said “narrow is the gate and difficult
is the way which leads to (eternal)
life”: The road to heaven is “difficult” filled with the speed-bumps of adversity
and affliction – our life’s circumstances -- that seek to derail our homeward progress.
Notice we “commit” our way... our life, to the Lord, and then we “trust”,
leaning on His everlasting arms, bring “confidence”... faith in action, that
“He will bring IT to pass.” And, notice “IT” is not defined. Whatever our “IT”
is, our Lord will work it together with all our other “IT THINGS” for good in
accordance with His purposes for us.
BE
STRONG IN THE LORD
(NOT IN YOUR CHARIOTS)
(Eph.
6:10 -- KJV; Ps. 20:7; Ps. 18:2, 37:5 – Amp. Bible; Rom. 8:28; Matt. 7:14)
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