An Unending Supply of Strength

Hello everyone! 

I have been so busy over the past week with seeing family, finishing up my physiology class, and other things which conflicted with me being able to post on here. I had planned to post two more times last week, but that never happened. I am planning on posting more this week, though since I will officially be done with my summer class this Thursday! I am way too excited about that. :)

I want to talk a little bit about the source of eternal strength that comes from the Lord. I'm sure you can relate to running back and forth each week to work or school or to pick people up and how much that can affect your energy levels. The past couple of weeks have been very busy for me and I kept finding myself feeling really tired physically. I needed way more than 8 hours of sleep; I needed energy and strength that would last much longer than what sleep could offer me. I realized that I needed to be looking to Jesus more in the area of strength for my daily life. I needed to trust God and not rely on my feelings.

This opened up to me such a revelation yesterday in my devotional time with the Lord. I was reading Psalm 23 which I usually read daily since it is one of my favorite Psalms and one verse particularly stuck out to me more than it ever has before. Verses 1-3 say,"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not lack. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters. He refreshes and restores my life." Verse 3 is the one I focused on, but the whole passage reflects God's rest in our lives. In this passage we see that the Lord causes us to lie down and rest and He daily restores us. To me, this sounds amazing. I can trust Jesus to restore me physically, mentally, and emotionally each and every day. This restoration brings energy that nothing else can bring. This goes far beyond sleep, energy drinks, running, etc. and taps into an unending supply of strength which only the Lord can provide. 

After reading Psalm 23 the Lord told me to confess something over myself whenever I feel that my energy is getting low. He said to say this: "My strength comes from the joy that is within me from the Father." To add onto what I was just talking about, Nehemiah 8:10 is also another great scripture about the strength and energy the Lord provides. It says, "...for the joy of the Lord is your strength." I love this verse because it proves that the joy that God gives us can also be a source of strength for our natural bodies. Another great verse that goes along with this is Psalm 73:26 which says,"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the Rock and firm Strength of my heart and my Portion forever." Our earthly bodies will fail in giving us strength, but the Lord is a Rock. That means He is stable and we can stand on Him everyday and rely on His unending, abounding strength to show up in our lives. 

One last verse I wanted to share today comes from Isaiah 40:30-31 which says,"Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall feebly stumble and fall exhausted; But those who wait for the Lord shall change and renew their strength and power." When we wait on the Lord, He renews us beyond any natural remedy and He changes us day by day in His strength. Start relying on God as your power source and you will see amazing changes in your everyday life!

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I hope you all were encouraged by this as much as I was. Have a great week everyone and thanks for reading!