I CAN DO ALL THINGS.

DAILY DEVOTION.

DAY ELEVEN.

PHILIPPIANS 4:13.   I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me.
Paul knew what it was to suffer many things during his ministry, he knew what it was to have plenty and he knew what it was to have nothing. yet irrespective of his situation, he recognised that he could only do what he did through Christ. In our own lives we will face many different situations, some will be good, some might not be so good and some might look like a total disaster. How are we going to handle them? The temptation in the good times is to think that we can handle this on our own, we can take the credit for it. Not a good idea, this opens the door to pride and closes the door to God's grace, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. We are meant to live by the grace of God. If we keep our hearts open and we can see God's hand at work in our lives in the good times, it makes it easier to see His hand at work in the times that are not so good. David recognised this, in Psalm 34:1 he said that he would praise the Lord at all times, that His praises would continually be on his lips. It is important that we have an attitude praise, regardless of what situation we are facing. Because David was able to praise Go in every situation when he faced difficult situations he was able to strengthen himself in the Lord. We see an example of this in 1 Samuel 30, the Amalekites had attacked them and taken all the women and children, the people wanted to stone David, but is says in verse six that David strengthened himself in the Lord, he went and sort the Lord and the Lord gave him the strategy to defeat the Amalekites and get the woman and children back. It was out of his relationship with God that was built in both the good and the bad times that David knew that he could depend on God in the bad times. It is important that we know that we can be strengthened in the spirit. Paul prayed for the Ephesians that they would be strengthened with all might in the inner man through the Holy Spirit, We can also pray the same way, and it is also important that we continue to walk in the love of God, desiring to have a greater revelation of how it works in our lives, as we do this we will be able to see God do things far beyond what we can even imagine. Whether it be in good times or bad times, it is not about us, we are here to serve the King of Kings, to see His kingdom established and as we serve Him He will always lead us in triumph, and we, like Paul, will be able to say with all assurance, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."