For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. –
(Philippians 4:13, NLT)
Christ is the one who gives me the strength I need to do whatever I must do. –
(Philippians 4:13, ERV)
I can endure all things through the power of the One who gives me strength. –
(Philippians 4:13, CEB)
I’m sure many will relate to an interesting and factual aspect of being Christian. It’s the ability to look back after getting through some kind of adversity or tough situation in life and clearly knowing who it was that carried us through it all.
Carrying us through the fires and valleys that we could not bear on our own.
As it so happens, when we are undergoing the throes of hardship in that moment, we can’t see what lies ahead. Yet more often than not, before we realize it, we are “looking back on the other side of the struggle.” It is at that precise second in time, we know where our strength came from, and who was with us the entire time.
Each time we go through a crisis we think it might break us. But with Christ, as our refuge, our Savior, our King, we manage to sustain the hardships, and garner strength and resolve, and become stronger despite the heartache, pain, and/or troubles we’ve endured.
It is His strength that gives us one breath to the next.
Every single second, minute, hour from day to day, He breathes life and strength into us.
As we trust Him, look to Him for help and guidance, we will undoubtedly discover that we’re able to overcome whatever it is that lies before us.
Turning to the LORD in unwavering faith, irrespective of our circumstances, letting go of doubt, and in its place confidence in Him, we can do whatever we are called to do.
“Father God, thank You for never leaving me, and guiding me through the good times and the bad times, for showing me the path in which I need to walk, and loving me unconditionally, I trust You implicitly, I love You, may I do all according to Your will and purpose all the days of my life, Amen.”
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