One thing may be wrong but lots of things are right so focus on the blessings and not the problem! In the Bible David focused on the one right thing - God! David came home from battle and found his city burned down. All the women and children had been taken. All the men blamed David and they were thinking of stoning him. What did David do? 1 Samuel 30: 6, "David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God." I would have called Mike, Mom or a friend. Not David, he went to the throne instead of the phone!
"David found strength in the Lord his God." Wow! That is a powerful sentence! He had lost his wife, kids, home and now he was going to be stoned! When things looked like they couldn't get any worse He went to His Lord! When we are weak and at the end of ourselves we will find our greatest strength because we are relying on God and the strength He provides. Paul tells us in Philippians 4: 13, "I can do all this through him who gives me strength." We must remember Psalm 46: 1, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." God told Paul in a vision, 2 Corinthians 12: 9, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
Whatever you are going through, some of you feel weak and at the end of yourself. Whatever it is, you can find strength in the Lord your God! For when we are weak, then we are strong because we are relying on God and not ourselves! Thanks be to God! Remember, God loves for us to be at the end of our rope so He can be in charge!
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