Devotional for Wednesday, April 27, 2016
“No More Striving”
by Dona Hake
The evil of this world continues to gain momentum and we must remain strong that we can rise above it’s pulling and tugging at our hearts. It is only by the power of God that any of us can remain strong for He has promised to give us ALL things that we need that pertain to this life and living godly. When God says ALL He means ALL. Not just a high percentage but ALL, and that means He will cause us to lack in no good thing as we ask Him.
2 Peter 1:3-4 (PHILLIPS)
“He has by his own action given us everything that is necessary for living the truly good life, in allowing us to know the one who has called us to him, through his own glorious goodness. It is through him that God’s greatest and most precious promises have become available to us men, making it possible for you to escape the inevitable disintegration that lust produces in the world and to share in God’s essential nature.”
We no longer need to strive to live a life pleasing unto to Him but rather draw upon Him as we come to know Him more intimately. It is as this becomes so real to us that the scripture in Philippians 4:13 will explode with power within us!
Philippians 4:13 (AMP)
I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency].
To God be the glory!!!!