Psalms 18:32
Psalms 18:32
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
It takes strength to face challenges, and great strength to overcome them. Vicissitudes encompass our lives on a daily basis. It takes great strength to do well. But we know that humans are intrinsically deficient in this respect. When we try to be good to others or do other things that glorify God, we may fail in the end. Hence, the need for God’s strength. The Psalmist expresses how the strength from God enabled him to live a blameless life. This means that while we aspire to do all that is pleasing and acceptable to God, we must accept His strength that helps us. You will never be able to accomplish the blamelessness you seek if you don’t put God in the equation. Blamelessness infers righteousness before God. It’s the state of being at peace with God spiritually and morally. Believers have God’s Spirit who energizes us to do all that is the will of God. As Paul the apostle admonishes, we must choose to walk by the Spirit and not according to the flesh (Romans 8:5-6). The power of God for a blameless life is already released to us, and we get to enjoy its dynamism when we apply ourselves to His promptings. Every day, God’s strength is available for your preservation. This is the free gift of God to you.
Jeremiah 20:11
But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
Psalms 59:9
Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
Proverbs 24:16
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Joel 3:10
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.