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The Power of God’s Strength

By Odunayo Ketiku

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I welcome my readers to this Column. I pray that as you go through this piece today, the Transforming power of the Word shall locate you and you shall never be the same again. Kindly open up your heart to receive from Him.

“He keeps the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a man prevail. (1 Samuel 2:9, NASB)
‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ (Isaiah 41:10, null)
Let’s note some important facts that God is passing to us through these passages
Our strength can’t carry us through. Strength refers to our efforts, abilities, what we know, our native intelligence. As great as these are, they are not sufficient on their own. We need the Strength of God to Enter into our inheritance in Christ. We need God’s Strength to defeat the enemy of our souls. We need the Strength of God to take back whatever we have lost to the wickedness of the World. We need the Strength of God to birth our great destinies.
The 2nd Passage brings us Comfort. God has promised to make His Strength available for us. He promised to help us. His help removes fear. His help releases strength. His help makes Establishment possible. When He upholds you, you fear no fall.
This is the promise of God for us. It doesn’t matter therefore how you are feeling now, low? betrayed? forsaken? Unappreciated?un-celebrated? Sweetheart, it doesn’t matter! Help me shout it to yourself seven times – It doesn’t matter. The Lord will Help me and i will not be ashamed. It doesn’t matter what I’m going through now,The Lord is my strength, my hope, my refuge, my strong tower.
When you have a powerful force behind you, it is your responsibility to take advantage of it.
God won’t do for us what we are to do for ourselves. He has given us His word … I will help you, there shall be no shame
Why are you expecting shame? Do you believe God’s word? Now work the Word out. When you do, it produces God’s Strength in us.
One of the bye products of God’s Strength is Confidence.
Ps 34: 2
Confidence is what we can use to describe what made David to confront Goliath even when it looked impossible. 1 Sam 17:45-47
Confidence is an inner conviction that you are capable. It is being sure of something. It is a belief in your ability with the backing of God. Confidence is strength
Confidence in God and self confidence happens when you allow the strength of God to produce it in you.
You won’t run from Goliath’s of life like the soldiers of Israel did. You will rather take them on like David did. 1 Sam 17:23-24
You remain humble regardless of those who are singing your praise today. 1 Sam 18:7,10
You have no reason to envy those who have what you are praying for. 1 Sam 24:10
Confidence makes you to believe in your tomorrow. Sweetheart, it is not all about today. In your today is your preparation for tomorrow.
Confidence produced by the strength of God holds you on. You can say like Job – I will wait till my change comes. In Job 14:7, Job says
7 “For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail. 8 “Though its roots grow old in the ground And its stump dies in the dry soil, 9 At the scent of water it will flourish And put forth sprigs like a plant. (Job 14:7-9, NASB). That is Confidence!!! In that Confidence lies the Strength to keep going on.
Confidence helps your relationships. You treat everybody well. You believe in others too. You see good in others. Always willing to help. David is a unique man. He knew Saul wanted to kill him, yet he had Saul’s daughter as wife. How was he able to relate with her with so much love to the extent that Micah… Saul’s daughter defied her dad and helped him to escape? 1 kings 19:11-12
What is the backbone of confidence?
Knowledge. Isaiah 5:13″Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge; And their honorable men are famished, And their multitude is parched with thirst.” (Isaiah 5:13, NASB). Knowledge produces great confidence in you. It builds your self esteem up when you KNOW who you are. You have Confidence in your God when you KNOW Him and KNOW what He can do.
When you don’t who you are, you respond to what anybody calls you. When you don’t know your God, they introduce you to various gods.
Had it been you know Him, you would have been able to do exploits. Dan 11:32
Exploits happen when you take advantage of what you know. I encourage you therefore to Sit down and Know and work out what you Know. It will strengthen you in the inner man.
Peradventure you have not given your life to Christ Jesus, this is the best time to do it. Tomorrow may be too late. You can’t have God’s Strength if you have no relationship with Him. The Kingdom meat is meant only for Kingdom Children. I encourage you therefore, to invite Him personally to be your Lord and Saviour. Afterall you Know how far you have being running on your own strength and you Know how much you have been able to do. Give that burden to Him. He will help you. He’s being on the lookout for you. Give Him access and enjoy the life of Victory that is in Christ.
You thereafter need to grow in faith. You cant do much if you don’t grow. Actually, if one doesn’t grow, he will groan. You need the Spiritual Understanding of the Word of God to grow. Fellowships with other believers will enhance that growth.
Please Kindly join us this Sunday for a life Transforming Encounter. I can assure you of great Testimonies in Jesus name. ChristLike Assembly is the Church to be on Sunday. It’s opposite Akure South LG Secretariat, Ilesa Rd Akure. Ondo State and time is 9am.
Till we meet again here, I say stay blessed and stay safe. Shalom
Odunayo Omotayo Joshua.

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