GOD PROVIDES SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH

Philippians 2:13

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

God wants us to live by faith (see 2 Corinthians 5:7 and Hebrews 11:1). Many times, however, we live by feelings. If we are moved by a rare desire to pray or reach out to a neighbor, we act upon it. But in the absence of such feelings we often confess weakness and choose to do nothing. The result is an unsatisfying, excuse-filled Christian experience.

Now, consider the promise above. It says God is at work within us—giving us the desire to do right, meaning we can never honestly say, “I don’t feel like it.”

And it’s not just new desires. The promise also guarantees the necessary power to do what needs to be done.

Why would we choose to keep riding the “feelings roller coaster” when God offers us a radical new way to live? 

GOD’S PROMISE TO ME:

• I am at work in you.

• I give you the desire to obey me.

• I provide the power to do what pleases me.

MY PRAYER TO GOD:

God, you are at work within me. Teach me to obey—even when I can’t sense the desire to do what is right. You give me new desires—and new power to live as I should. Wean me from the inadequate and immature excuse that “I’m too weak.” Your strength is sufficient for whatever I’m facing. Amen.