Without You, Lord, we are weak. With You, we are strong. Lead us, Lord,
out of our failure and into Your victory, out of our sin and into Your
holiness. How are we to walk with You in holiness and victory? - We must
keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, our Saviour (Hebrews 12:1-2; Acts 4:120.
When we fail You, Lord, help us to learn from the testimony of Peter -
he faild (Matthew 29:69-75), and he was filled (Acts 4:8). Help us to
join, with Peter, in saying, "Lord, You know that we love You" (John
21:15-17).
We read about Elijah in his high-points of strength - the triumph over the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:36-39) - and his low-points of weakness - he is ready to give up: “I’ve had enough now, Lord” (1 Kings 19:4). How did Elijah get into such a mess? He forgot this: “The Lord’s power was on Elijah” (1 Kings 18:46). In all life’s ups and downs, we must hold on to this: The Lord has sent His Spirit of power to live in us (2 Timothy 1:7). How are we to live in the power of the Spirit? We need to feed on the Word of God and drink in the Word of God (1 Kings 17:4). We need to pray that the Lord will send His showers of blessing (1 Kings 17:14). We are to live our life “according to the Word of the Lord” (1 Kings 17:16). For our life of faith to be strong in the Lord, we need to listen attentively to the preaching of God’s Word (1 Kings 17:24).
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