MORNING MANNA 1-3-23
A Wonderful Guarantee
” Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” -Isaiah 41:10
I just read that this verse was the most popular and shared scripture around the world in 2022, according to YouVersion’s survey. In light of all that’s happened the last two years it’s easy to see why.
Charles Spurgeon wrote “When called to serve or to suffer, we take stock of our strength, and we find it to be less than we thought and less than we need. But let not our heart sink within us while we have such a word as this to fall back upon, for it guarantees us all that we can possibly need. God has strength omnipotent; that strength He can communicate to us; and His promise is that He will do so. He will be the food of our souls and the health of our hearts; and thus He will give us strength. There is no telling how much power God can put into a man. When divine strength comes, human weakness is no more a hindrance.
Do we not remember seasons of labor and trial in which we received such special strength that we wondered at ourselves? In the midst of danger we were calm, under bereavement we were resigned, in slander we were self-contained, and in sickness we were patient. The fact is that God gives unexpected strength when unusual trials come upon us, We rise out of our feeble selves. Cowards play the man, foolish ones have wisdom given them, and the silent receive in the self-same hour what they shall speak, My own weakness makes me shrink, but God’s promise makes me brave. LORD, strengthen me ‘according to thy word.’”.
Dear friend, God hasn’t changed, nor has His promises ever failed. Whatever you face in this new year you can depend on God to “supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”(Phil. 4:19). – HDS
Lakeway Baptist Church
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