How to be strong (Part 1)
"Go in the strength that you have and save Israel out of Midian's hand. Am I not sending you?"~God to Gideon
I hate feeling weak. More than that, I hate my when my weakness is witnessed. Maybe you do too. Or maybe you hide your weaknesses better than I do. But what if you didn't have to hide or fear weaknesses? What if you only spoke and acted with strength?
You can!
God, who made you, gave you at least one strength. And I have good news for you: He only expects you to do what you can do! He only expects you to act not only in the strength that you have, but that you know that you have. I'll show you what God showed me through His words to Gideon, the judge who delivered Israel from the Midianites. I'll show you by breaking down God's words to Gideon.
GO IN THE STRENGTH THAT YOU HAVE.
First, go. Take a specific course of action. And when you take that specific course of action, do it only in the strength, or ability, or talent, or skill that you have RIGHT NOW. In the strength that you HAVE. If you don't know what that is, then don't GO. Don't speak. Don't act. This is where I've gone wrong in the past. I spoke or acted from a place of weakness or inability. For example, there is a scripture that says that Jesus spoke "what he knew and testified what he had seen." The same thing is said about the apostles: "that which they had seen and heard, they declared." But how many times have we talked about things we don't know, haven't seen, or haven't heard? When that happens, we speak from a place of weakness. Yet whenever we talk about what we personally know, what we've personally seen, and what we've personally heard, we speak with strength--the strength that we have. And we're usually speaking about a specific thing for a specific reason or purpose, which leads to the next point we learn Gideon.
Click HERE for part 2.
I hate feeling weak. More than that, I hate my when my weakness is witnessed. Maybe you do too. Or maybe you hide your weaknesses better than I do. But what if you didn't have to hide or fear weaknesses? What if you only spoke and acted with strength?
You can!
God, who made you, gave you at least one strength. And I have good news for you: He only expects you to do what you can do! He only expects you to act not only in the strength that you have, but that you know that you have. I'll show you what God showed me through His words to Gideon, the judge who delivered Israel from the Midianites. I'll show you by breaking down God's words to Gideon.
GO IN THE STRENGTH THAT YOU HAVE.
First, go. Take a specific course of action. And when you take that specific course of action, do it only in the strength, or ability, or talent, or skill that you have RIGHT NOW. In the strength that you HAVE. If you don't know what that is, then don't GO. Don't speak. Don't act. This is where I've gone wrong in the past. I spoke or acted from a place of weakness or inability. For example, there is a scripture that says that Jesus spoke "what he knew and testified what he had seen." The same thing is said about the apostles: "that which they had seen and heard, they declared." But how many times have we talked about things we don't know, haven't seen, or haven't heard? When that happens, we speak from a place of weakness. Yet whenever we talk about what we personally know, what we've personally seen, and what we've personally heard, we speak with strength--the strength that we have. And we're usually speaking about a specific thing for a specific reason or purpose, which leads to the next point we learn Gideon.
Click HERE for part 2.
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