Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
We are to be strong IN THE LORD.
We ARE NOT to be strong in ourselves.
We feel weak, we recognize our weakness as we call upon our LORD to help us through our lives. We want strength and yet the world has deceived us into believing that we can gain that strength in ourselves when we can't.
What does it mean to be strong in the LORD?
Are we left to guess at it? Are we left to try our own things and figure it out? God seldom leaves us to wonder. God will NOT be accused of not letting us know what He desires of us. We will NOT be able to say we were clueless, that's just not going to be possible. For everyone who cries out to God wanting to know what to do, how to handle living in this world, He has answered that cry, He has given a reply to them all. It is up to US to listen. We need to listen to God and before anyone tries to say that He doesn't talk, there are so many ways of communicating and if we limit them to hearing the voice of God as we hear one another then we are boxing God into corner, limiting Him, and HE WILL NOT be limited! Ever since man was created he had the attributes of communication that have gone beyond voice and ears. People have believed that those who are deaf cannot communicate, but you ask the family of the deaf throughout history and they'd tell you a different story. Am I saying that we can know God even if we are deaf? Yes, I am. There is so much more to God than being able to hear His voice. The deaf can even read, yes? The blind can read, yes? The mute can read, right? There are very few people that do not have the ability to learn to read in some form, even if it isn't the standard form.
God might not speak to us so that we hear Him giving us plain instructions such as my telling someone to do this, or that, but GOD does speak to us through His word. His word is so incredible that it can be read over and over and over, endlessly speaking to us.
We are told this---
Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
We are to be STRONG in the LORD.
We are to be STRONG in the POWER of HIS MIGHT.
And then we are told THIS right after we are told to be strong in the LORD, strong in the power of HIS might.
Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Told to be STRONG in the POWER of HIS might, we are told to put on HIS ARMOR!
More on this tomorrow. It's something we've discussed many times, but it needs to be discussed over and over. This isn't a subject that can be exhausted, not at long as we are living here on this sinfilled earth.
All by the grace of our LORD, our SAVIOR, our GOD, our KING!
We are to be strong IN THE LORD.
We ARE NOT to be strong in ourselves.
We feel weak, we recognize our weakness as we call upon our LORD to help us through our lives. We want strength and yet the world has deceived us into believing that we can gain that strength in ourselves when we can't.
What does it mean to be strong in the LORD?
Are we left to guess at it? Are we left to try our own things and figure it out? God seldom leaves us to wonder. God will NOT be accused of not letting us know what He desires of us. We will NOT be able to say we were clueless, that's just not going to be possible. For everyone who cries out to God wanting to know what to do, how to handle living in this world, He has answered that cry, He has given a reply to them all. It is up to US to listen. We need to listen to God and before anyone tries to say that He doesn't talk, there are so many ways of communicating and if we limit them to hearing the voice of God as we hear one another then we are boxing God into corner, limiting Him, and HE WILL NOT be limited! Ever since man was created he had the attributes of communication that have gone beyond voice and ears. People have believed that those who are deaf cannot communicate, but you ask the family of the deaf throughout history and they'd tell you a different story. Am I saying that we can know God even if we are deaf? Yes, I am. There is so much more to God than being able to hear His voice. The deaf can even read, yes? The blind can read, yes? The mute can read, right? There are very few people that do not have the ability to learn to read in some form, even if it isn't the standard form.
God might not speak to us so that we hear Him giving us plain instructions such as my telling someone to do this, or that, but GOD does speak to us through His word. His word is so incredible that it can be read over and over and over, endlessly speaking to us.
We are told this---
Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
We are to be STRONG in the LORD.
We are to be STRONG in the POWER of HIS MIGHT.
And then we are told THIS right after we are told to be strong in the LORD, strong in the power of HIS might.
Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Told to be STRONG in the POWER of HIS might, we are told to put on HIS ARMOR!
More on this tomorrow. It's something we've discussed many times, but it needs to be discussed over and over. This isn't a subject that can be exhausted, not at long as we are living here on this sinfilled earth.
All by the grace of our LORD, our SAVIOR, our GOD, our KING!
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