From Strenght to STRENGHT

Psalm 84:7

INTRODUCTION: It is divine, not human strength, and it is strength which is wholly divine and in no sense or measure human. When we become "faint," then He giveth His power, and when we have "No might," then He "increaseth strength." Beloved, have you exchange your strength for the Lord's? Have you gone "from strength," that is yours, "to strength," that is the strength divine!

I. IT IS STRENGTH FOR A HIGHER SPIRITUAL PLANE

"They shall mount up with wings as eagles." It is a strength which enables us to mount to a higher element of life and communion with God. It brings us into the divine life and raises us up to dwell in heavenly places with Christ.

II. STRENGTH FOR THE PRACTICAL DUTIES OF LIFE

For they that thus "renew their strength" "shall run and not be weary"; and "they shall walk and not faint." God's strength does not grow weary under the most extreme tests.

III. IT IS STRENGTH TO "WITHSTAND IN THE EVIL DAY AND HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND"

It is harder to run than to fly, and harder to walk than to run, but there is something harder than walking, and that is to stand. "Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand."

IV. IT IS STRENGTH TO ENDURE

Let us read attentively Colossians 1:11. "Strengthened with all might, according of his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness."

V. IT IS STRENGTH THAT ENABLES US TO SAY, "I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENETH ME."

Human strength can accomplish some things, but the strength of God is equally adequate for all. "As thy day so shall thy strength be." The strength of God in a human life will carry it thus steadily through all life's changes.

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