In God's Strength

Debbie

Psalm 84
“They go from strength to strength” this is such a great line. How often do I feel like I go from one obligation to another; how often do I feel like I go from one crisis to another; how often do I feel like I go from this to that? But where does one find himself/herself going from strength to strength? It is in God’s presence. “I can do all things through God who strengthens me . . .”(Philippians 4:13) “All things are possible with God . . .” (Matthew 19:26) But how often do we give to God our day . . . at the beginning and at the end, so that the middle allows us to “go from strength to strength”? It is worth it every time. It takes rearranging your life’s priorities but the benefits are beyond all that we can imagine—“we will go from strength to strength”.

Song of Solomon
A love story, a poem from one love to another, it reminds me that love begins in God and ends in God and it is beautiful.

II Corinthians 12:11-21
It is interesting that in Corinthians we find a church in conflict, concerned about what Paul is doing and Paul is concerned about them. The question Paul seems to be challenging them with is the ministry that he started among them was in the name of Jesus Christ—there are no other motives.

Luke 19:41-48
In no uncertain terms Jesus challenged the people to be who they were called to be and do what they were called to do. The house of God had become a place just like society not a place where God’s work began and ended in asking for God’s strength and presence to be a part of everything that went on. To do God’s work, requires that people begin and end in prayer and then make every offering, every task, and every service a prayer to God—in this we will go from strength to strength.